Monday, Oct 20, 2008

Another bubble just popped

Times: Growing signs of art slump

Just two weeks ago, in the midst of financial turmoil, a collection of Damian Hurst "art" exceeded all price expectations at auction.
Yesterday a Freud portrait failed to reach expected price of £7m.
Works of art are only worth what the next "investor" will pay for them so are classic bubble fodder.
Another asset bubble popped.
There can't be many left now.

Posted by dr ray @ 12:49 PM (213 views) Add Comment

3 Comments

1. mark said...

even barratt are looking to offload 10,000 acres of land without planning so expect land values to plummet.

Monday, October 20, 2008 02:28PM Report Comment
 

2. Ketha said...

At least land has some function. Modern Art is really worthless as it's conceptual rather than talent based...

Monday, October 20, 2008 03:01PM Report Comment
 

3. rumble said...

Was wondering when. Don't get me started on that Hurst crap -- that art could be seen in biology classrooms around the world for decades.

Monday, October 20, 2008 09:04PM Report Comment
 

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