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đ„ Buy, Flip, Burn + Andy Warhol
Galleries fight back. Buyers rethink.
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đ„ ICYMI â Catchs from the Last Week:
Today we have an Andy Warhol that wonât stay cheap for longâ1969, ÂŁ55K, and stamped. Plus, collectors cool off, galleries lock the doors on speculators, and Londonâs resale game gets messy.
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Andy Warhol
đ My 2 Cents: A 1969 Warhol for ÂŁ55,000? Thatâs basically a steal in Warhol terms. OK, itâs not a Marilyn or a car crash, but Dominique de Menil wasnât just anyoneâshe bankrolled half the modern art world. This is Warhol in his sweet spot: post-fame, pre-80s money grab, and still playing with power circles. Itâs small, but that just makes it easier to stash before prices creep up.
đ Key Numbers: The Warhol market has pulled in $1.54B in sales since 2018, still moving 2880 works a year with a 84% sell-through rate. The median sale is $43,750, meaning youâre getting in at the right level. Meanwhile, the 1960s outperform every other Warhol decadeâso youâre sitting on the right side of history.
đ§ Why Itâs a Smart Pick: This isnât for the flexersâthis is for the players. Itâs the kind of piece that sneaky collectors grab before the broader market catches on. Warholâs market swings, but it never crashes. A tiny one-of-one Warhol from his prime era? If you donât take it, someone else willâprobably for more in a couple of years.
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Buy, Flip, Burn
London, NewChild Gallery. Upstairs, the art. Downstairs, the business.
On the first floor, Madeleine Bialkeâs paintings glowed like neon in a dark forestâlush, eerie, and strangely calm. You could lose yourself in the colors.
But one floor down, at the Artscapy x ArtTactic x NewChild panel, the mood was more tense. The topic? Emerging artists and the minefield of speculation.
A few collectors whispered about the works upstairsâwhoâs buying, whoâs selling, and how soon before the next auction cycle. Because thatâs the game now, right?
If an artist gets hot, their works hit the resale market before the paint even dries. Flippers love this. Artists and galleries? Not so much.
The numbers donât lie: 2024 was brutalâmarket down 27%. But the volume of transactions barely moved.
Translation? The high rollers sat out, but mid-tier and emerging artists kept things alive. The so-called âmarket crashâ isnât stopping people from buyingâitâs just changing who buys and why.
Madeleine Bialke at NewChild Gallery
ArtTacticâs Lindsay Dewar laid it out: Collectors are still hunting, but with more caution. The boom-and-bust cycle for young artists has them nervous.
Gallerists, like NewChildâs Sarah Vanwelden, are fighting back with resale clauses and tighter vettingâtrying to keep flippers out and long-term collectors in.
And what about Artscapyâs Alessandro? He called it: Collectors are learning patience. The quick-cash crowd is cooling off, realizing they need to hold onto works longer than a season to see real gains.
Bottom line? If youâre serious, build relationships. The era of snapping up hot names just to flip them is fading. Collectors who actually understand what theyâre buying will win in the long run.
For the curious bunch I summarized all the key takeaways from the panel into a docâso read it before your next overpriced cappuccino. Because by next week, this market will have already shifted again.
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