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| James Christensen "Passage By Faith" |
There many styles of collection limited edition prints. Some collectors collect by the artist. Some people get into it because someone gave them the gift of an artwork that was a limited edition print and stoked a love of a particular artist's work. After that all the paintings that were done as prints are sought out and collected.
The work of James Christensen is a great example of this. He does a widely diverse array of subjects but the uses the same crisp style that anyone that knows his work can immediately identify and he has a loyal following of collectors of his fine art as well as limited edition prints.
Another way many people get into collecting art is that they simply find a particular piece that speaks to them and they get interested in a particular artist. Other collectors collect by theme. Someone may only want landscapes and collect the best artists they can find that produce work of that genre. Others may enjoy abstracts with a particular color theme or other subject matter.
The one thing all these collectors will have in common is that they expect their investments to pay off and they hope many if not all of their limited editions will increase in value. That old addage of an artist having to die to be valuable isn't exactly true, it gets down to how in demand the artist is and how savvy they've been in issuing their limited edition prints.
We know of three great resources to find out how much your art is currently worth.
InformArtMag is the “Blue Book” value listing for Limited Edition Art : http://www.informartmag.com/index_main.cfm
AskART is comprehensive directory and provides auction results: http://www.askart.com/AskART/index.aspx
And Ebay http://www.ebay.com
Simply search and see what your favorite artists are going for on the average in sales to others. That will give you a good idea of the fair market value. Are you ready to get involved in creating a collection of your own? Start searching now at our art showcase.
