BBC - Culture - Is art a good investment? And over $35M expected for the balloon dog #sculpture ... &AaronHolthaus 2013-11-04 22:55:30 |
Is art a good investment? "if you can catch a young #artist on the way up, you can make a killing: works by the currently hot-hot-hot Colombian artist #Oscar_Murillo have rocketed from about $3,000 just two years ago in his gallery, to almost $400,000 at auction this year. The trick was to identify the Murillo from among all the other young hopefuls and give him a residency, as did the influential Florida collectors, the Rubells, last year, setting him on the path to #fame_and_fortune " &AaronHolthaus 2013-11-04 22:53:40 |