A Nighthawks print for £155 framed, I get that and find it a very appealing piece of art (reminiscent of Vettriano whose work I like):
Nighthawks, 1942 by Edward Hopper. King & McGaw has an extensive collection of art prints by established and emerging artists, which are all framed by hand in the UK.
www.kingandmcgaw.com
Lichtenstein's done some nice work, but a silk screen for nearly £40k, really? Even as a statement piece I can't see the logic, and is a signature worth
that much?
For Sale on 1stDibs - Roy Lichtenstein ( 1923 - 1997 ) – Brushstroke – hand-signed Screenprint – 1965, Screen Print, Paper by Roy Lichtenstein. Offered by Gutan Fine Art.
www.1stdibs.com
This was once sold by Bonhams for around £600; I later bought it for much less and it's an original Craig Warwick. It's not a decorator's piece and has niche appeal, but it has great composition and a phenomenal amount of content so I'm a happy bunny.
I know it's beauty-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder and all that, but I sometimes feel that the art world has more bs than talent, especially when abstracts by certain artists sell for insane sums. Still, if sanity prevailed in this world of madness, who would buy Maseratis............