The terms are not mutually exclusive. I've never met a collector who didn't care about the "investment" value . After all, the collectors put up their money. Even if they intend to give away their collection they are interested in its worth. Collectors routinely spend tens of thousands on each artwork. Of course they care about the money. Collectors differ from speculators who are usually looking at off-the-grid type art. They want to discover a new outsider artist, a graffiti artist, a lone-wolf insane artist, etc., the sort of work that can be obtained for next to nothing, heavily promoted by outsider and folk art dealers and then run up sky high at auctions. Then it's sell time, cash in and move on the the next Grandma moses or Henry Darger.
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, November 14, 2010 6:38:13 PM Subject: "The show also sought to roll back the commercialization and gentrification of graffiti. This is an age when street artists like JR and Britain's Banksy have global recognition and collectors are pouring in money." Are they "collectors" or "investors" or "speculators"?: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfWR4N9gZaDCVTpE-dfNCrJATqQg?docId=CNG.2700a1814657e888bc9b9c0864a99dad.3e1 The show also sought to roll back the commercialization and gentrification of graffiti. This is an age when street artists like JR and Britain's Banksy have global recognition and collectors are pouring in money.
