What are your top three purchases of 2010?

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Which artist made that superhero piece? Nice one.
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This is sweet!

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Some lovely pieces there A.M.
Any info on the shep? Havent seen that before?
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hercylicious wrote:Kaws Spongebob
Kitty Fairey
Invader Mars
Very similar to mine:
Kaws Spongebob or Kaws Pinocchio
Invader Mars
Faile Blocks or Faile artist edition book

Honorable mentions:
Small White Cosmonaut by Jeremy Geddes
Work is Four Letter Word by Ben Eine
Mr. Spray silver
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spagucci1 wrote:This is sweet!

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And the edges of the flowers aren't cut off!
on point like a decimalist?
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Ha, you found the classic Public Enemy stencil album covers from the Jungle LP Show. Cool.
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flower:

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fury:

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johnny:

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joe:

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Kerry James Marshall
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JErikR wrote:Which artist made that superhero piece? Nice one.
slidingaround wrote:Some lovely pieces there A.M.
Any info on the shep? Havent seen that before?

Greg Gossel (Fury In A Far Off Land)

Shepard Fairey (Obey Flower/Giant Star Peace)

Bask (Good Girl In A Bad Place / Bad Girl In A Good Place)

JMR (Wind Parade)
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I only made 5 purchases this year, my top 3 and the other 2 were mini Mark Jenkins figures.


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[quote="hundreddollarhorse"]1.
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NIce Public enemy albums! Classic Shep
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[quote="Backpackpunk"]I only made 5 purchases this year, my top 3 and the other 2 were mini Mark Jenkins figures.


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That is superb!!!
This series is by far the best example of WKs work inside
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Backpackpunk wrote: 2.
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is that the arab woman on bamboo?

that guerrero was one of my favorites from the show - nice pick up!
on point like a decimalist?
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whyhoo wrote:
Backpackpunk wrote: 2.
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is that the arab woman on bamboo?

that guerrero was one of my favorites from the show - nice pick up!
Yes the Arab Woman is on Bamboo, from the 2008 Sea Shepherd show, and thanks on the Guerrero.
random message board post about art wrote: This past weekend I briefly visited a room that had three faithful reproductions of Duchamp's Fountain. Not only did I notice, I used one of them. It's so interesting because the work tells the truth.
itsniceouthtere wrote:yeah because we all know how intricate and deep the meaning within street art can be. If anything, street art is the MOST LITERAL FORM OF ART! if street art has made any negative impression on society today, its that it has made every 13 yr old with $100 and an eBay account into an art know-it-all.
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No fine art pieces here, but I did pick up some stuff that I've been wanting and that didn't kill the bank account:

I needed to offset all the Obey stuff hanging in the crib so I picked up 2 of the BLKMRKT Chloe Early prints:

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I'm a Star Wars original trilogy dork,so finally picked up a Whatulookinat to go with the Shat-At I had sitting around.

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trkr2007 wrote:so will someone let us know if this print is going to drop i need to get a haircut.....
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Tokyo girl - Choe
Rebel Flag - Saber
Ali Canvas Print - Fairey

no particular order
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Here are my top three non-Shepard purchases this year

Cliford Smith - Open Water Study IV
Oil on Paper
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Retna - Agreements and Arrangements
Ink on Paper

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Kaws - Sponge Bob
Screen Print on Paper

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smartussi wrote:
Retna - Agreements and Arrangements
Ink on Paper

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I was trying to get that, I wish I had just paid for it.
random message board post about art wrote: This past weekend I briefly visited a room that had three faithful reproductions of Duchamp's Fountain. Not only did I notice, I used one of them. It's so interesting because the work tells the truth.
itsniceouthtere wrote:yeah because we all know how intricate and deep the meaning within street art can be. If anything, street art is the MOST LITERAL FORM OF ART! if street art has made any negative impression on society today, its that it has made every 13 yr old with $100 and an eBay account into an art know-it-all.
Jason Filipow wrote: "MBW was that last bit of dead weight that broke the rear axle of the street art bandwagon."
http://www.shuffleandcut.com
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Backpackpunk wrote:
smartussi wrote:
Retna - Agreements and Arrangements
Ink on Paper

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I was trying to get that, I wish I had just paid for it.
Yes, that is an awesome pick-up. Congrats.
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I like how this thread turned into the best 4 purchases.
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What is the size on the Retna piece smartussi? Nice pick up!
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bigstrunso wrote:What is the size on the Retna piece smartussi? Nice pick up!

22" X 30"
It is on some crazy thick paper that is almost bordering on cardboard
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