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SA Highest Sold Print: William Kentridge – Sleeper Red. Signed, dated 1997 and numbered ‘Proof’ colour etching, drypoint and aquatint, 96cm x 192,5cm
Sold Strauss June 2018 for R 720 000 incl. Buyer’s Premium and VAT
South African Printmaking, like its counterpart Photography is on the rise. Print
editions used to be seen as affordable or not considered series pieces when starting a serious collection. This is all changing were prices for certain prints are gaining traction such as Kentridge, Hodgins, Pierneef, Clarke, Victor, Muafangejo and many more.
This is not to say that all prints by artists are gaining value, Artists like athletes have their good and bad days, similarly an original signed print by an obscure artist is more meaningful than a reproduction signed print by a famous one. What is happening is that the cannon of printmaking is becoming more studied and appreciated and there is greater context of what constituted SA printmaking especially after 1910.
Why use us at The SA Print Gallery
We have a great print specialisation – our ability to balance value with quality
prints with their position within the SA Print canon provide a scope for investment Prints have a unique factor whereby purchasing a collective bundle of quality prints can climb faster than one large art investment piece that could be slow to rise.
We closely follow the international auction houses that underwrite our values.
We carefully study the potential investment of each print.
Our selected art works are part of the important canon of SA Art History.
We closely follow the international auction houses that underwrite our values.
We carefully study the potential investment of each print.
We validate all our prints with condition and authenticity certificates.
Our prints are examined with condition reports
Each print is uniquely framed with the best quality archival materials.
HOW WE DETERMINE THE VALUE OF OUR PRINTS
John Muafangejo priced at R 19 in 1980, sells for R 32000 Strauss 2016
Our investment value model is based on the Mei Moses art auction model were work by the same artists returns to the auction house every few years. In the Mei Moses model a painting basically comes back to the auction house roughly 21+ years.
Fine Art Prints are more exciting as the same print withing an edition (especially Muafangejo’s of 150 per edition) comes up more often on Auctions hence one can gauge the purchasing appeal on a more frequent basis. The special thing here is that in effect all the prints from the same edition are the same, and hence all the other prints in the edition should be pitched at the same price, with variations on quality and provenance of the print
We can gauge over time and art auction records the appeal of both artists and prints. For obvious reasons one can’t ask print workshops and galleries for confidential retail information. We are aware on various potential spikes in market price- for example we exclude charity art auctions and rare upswings given a rare bullish bidding by collectors. In addition South African prints that sell aboard on the whole never get the same prices as if they where sold locally
we understand that fine art print investment is not an exact science, however with gauging from a wide section of auction houses one can figure out if the print is gaining or loosing value.