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Permalink Reply by Dan on October 4, 2021 at 2:22am

This time I'm sure I have the right Roger Taylor :)

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Permalink Reply by Jor-El on October 4, 2021 at 3:02am

Thanks! Expensive but this time they do ship outside UK. 

They cancelled my order for the signed bundle, they probably flagged the shipping forwarder.

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on October 4, 2021 at 3:34am

LOL at the price - cost a fraction of that to make! Price gouging at it's best!!!! Still waiting for my Signed CD card sized  Bundle to ship Too !

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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on October 4, 2021 at 3:58am

One could level that accusation at almost all works of art, but it’s beside the point.  When purchasing art, you’re not buying the sum cost of the raw materials used in its construction, or even the time taken to put those materials together.  To a degree, you’re paying a premium for the artist’s signature, but the true worth of a work of art is determined by the art market based primarily on intangible factors like the artist’s reputation and desirability with collectors.

I am not a Queen fan, but £150 seems reasonable enough, to me, for this print.

If you think this is too expensive, don’t try collecting works of art by David Bowie or Bob Dylan, e.g.

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on October 4, 2021 at 4:20am

Ahh you mean actual works of art Like Bob Dylan having actually painted  a one off piece  themselves? Yes now that would be a work of art! Instead of artists just cashing in on mass produced print - talking of artists cash grabbing - well trying to in this case - No takers on the £995 .00 May and Taylor Signed Prints which have been on the Queen Website for so long? 

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Permalink Reply by Allginger on October 4, 2021 at 4:22am

And this is still available hours after posting, too expensive..

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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on October 4, 2021 at 4:41am

I am talking about fine art printmaking (screen printing, lithography, giclée, etc.), which is a well-established art form dating back to the 15th century.  You can’t buy an Albrecht Dürer or Rembrandt print in 2021 for the cost of the raw materials (paper/vellum, ink), plus the printmaker’s time, just as you can’t buy a Roger Taylor or Bob Dylan print for the cost of the raw materials used in its construction.

The cheapest Bob Dylan print will set you back £1,500.  Larger, more desirable works cost a lot more.

My point is that the art market is governed by forces beyond the cost of the paint/ink and canvas/paper.  You only need look at the cost of a Banksy — either an original or a signed print — to understand this.

£150 is peanuts for a signed work of art.  Whether or not you can afford to pay such an amount, or probably more to the point whether you want to, is a different matter entirely.

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on October 4, 2021 at 4:46am

All well and good but This isn't fine art - it's blatant price gouging!

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Permalink Reply by Dan on October 4, 2021 at 4:49am

It sold out in 2 hours :)

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on October 4, 2021 at 4:51am

Hardly surprising when  some idiot off here has already got 4 on shitebay for £300 each - how many did they buy LOL all 150 probably!

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Permalink Reply by Jor-El on October 4, 2021 at 5:08am

I have a small collection of modern pop culture screen prints and agree this is overpriced.

I agree that you can't compare a screenprint to a cheap poster, but when I compare this in pricing to the likes of Mondo and Sideshow (licensed Marvel, DC, Disney, movie screen prints) then I'd expect to pay $50-$100 for a much bigger sized print signed by the artist. The more famous the artist the higher the price. In those cases the artwork is often created for and limited to that particular print in a limited run, while in this case you're not even getting unique art. It's just the album cover on a small sized screenprint. £50 for the print itself would be on the high end in my opinion, so that leaves £100 for the autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on October 4, 2021 at 5:47am

It may not be fine art, but it is art of a type.  How much aesthetic value we place in an object is down to the individual beholder.  You don’t get to decide that and neither do I.

If this print has sold out in two hours then it can’t have been overpriced, as the laws of supply and demand have dictated that enough people felt it was worth the price being asked.

I am not trying to be argumentative, and I don’t have an interest in this item myself, but I honestly don’t see a problem with the price of the print.  If it were overpriced then it wouldn’t sell out.  If you don’t like the item for the price then you’re free to spend your money on other, equally inessential, items of memorabilia.  I’m not seeing any price-gouging here.

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