Re: "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."

[Saul Ostrow]

Actually its the opposite  - more and more people speculate in the hopes of
buying cheap and selling dear - in the 80s this manifested itself in people
buying work from graduate students about to graduate


On 11/15/10 3:29 AM, "joseph berg" <art...@gmail.com> wrote:

But because of their desire (obsession?) to keep raising the value of the
artwork they bought, don't investors/speculators eventually drive out the
collectors who, over time, find that collecting becomes less and less
affordable because of inflated prices?

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