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For those of you interested in John Alvin's work who want to start a collection here are a few ideas/suggestions.
Obviously
it will depend on how much you have to spend how you can begin and what
you can design in the way of a collection. There are still images from
some of John's projects that aren't quite as high as the price of say,
an original Star Wars piece George Lucas says no thank you to
(something he doesn't do very often as he's one of John's biggest
collectors) and that's a really good way to start. The originals
by John range anywhere from a trifling $1200 or so to $$$$, but
certainly you can get some beautiful art for between $2500 and $12,000,
with lots of my commissions ranging between $7500 and $15,000.
Call me crazy but I think that's pretty obtainable for one of the most
famous cinema artists around!
If you have champagne
taste and a watery budget, reprinted posters are a good way to go,
because at least you can have his designs to enjoy. However, you can
often still find originals of his movie posters, which is exciting.
Sometimes an event like Celebration or the Comicon happens and there
will be a special limited edition with a a really low edition size that
you can buy of John's for less than $200. Of course the real action is
in always the originals, so it's a good idea to check and see if there
is any art from your favorite movies, you might be surprised at the
price, and one good original piece is worth lots of limited editions!
(Although LEs are another way to go if you totally love, say, Lord of
the Rings!)
Some folks like to focus on one movie or genre when
they collect John's original work. I certainly know lots of collectors
who only collect Scifi or horror or magical images. But i for example
go completely by image when i collect. I haven't even seen Quest for
Camelot but i have a gorgeous graphite from it i love. So sometimes you
just have to see what's available.
I've had a lot of clients
say that it's really hard to find art and buy it person to person out
there. I think for now John is so hot, it's hard ot find anyone who
wants to sell anything. We are expecting to have a message board as
part of this site and based on how desperate some of my clients are to
find more John Alvin art, you guys will be selling things to each other
on there...
The main thing to remember if you have decided you
definitely want something hand done by John Alvin is his art is only
going to get more expensive. He only gets better and better and the art
business is finally, after 3 1/2 years, starting to catch the film art
wave.
I know what I'm talking about, I got some of his art
earlier on and i'm glad i did! Good luck and if you have any questions
about collecting, shoot them out at me and i'll see if i can find an
answer.
Leslie
artnsights@aol.com |
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For those of you interested in John Alvin's work who want to start a collection here are a few ideas/suggestions.
Obviously it will depend on how much you have to spend how you can begin and what you can design in the way of a collection. There are still images from some of John's projects that aren't quite as high as the price of say, an original Star Wars piece George Lucas says no thank you to (something he doesn't do very often as he's one of John's biggest collectors) and that's a really good way to start.
If you have champagne taste and a watery budget, reprinted posters are a good way to go, because at least you can have his designs to enjoy. However, you can often still find originals of his movie posters, which is exciting. Sometimes an event like Celebration or the Comicon happens and there will be a special limited edition with a a really low edition size that you can buy of John's for less than $200. Of course the real action is in always the originals!
Some folks like to focus on one movie or genre when they collect John's original work. I certainly know lots of collectors who only collect Scifi or horror or magical images. But i for example go completely by image when i collect. I haven't even seen Quest for Camelot but i have a gorgeous graphite from it i love. So sometimes you just have to see what's available.
I've had a lot of clients say that it's really hard to find art and buy it person to person out there. I think for now John is so hot, it's hard ot find anyone who wants to sell anything. We are expecting to have a message board as part of this site and based on how desperate some of my clients are to find more John Alvin art, you guys will be selling things to each other on there...
The main thing to remember if you have decided you definitely want something hand done by John Alvin is his art is only going to get more expensive. He only gets better and better and the art business is finally, after 3 1/2 years, starting to catch the film art wave.
I know what I'm talking about, I got some of his art earlier on and i'm glad i did! Good luck and if you have any questions about collecting, shoot them out at me and i'll see if i can find an answer.
Leslie (artnsights@aol.com)
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