Recession Collection

Want to encourage your clientele to continue investing in original artworks even as they fret about the Dow?  Tell them about the vogue for the handmade / super-limited-edition print category.  At less than 10% (on the high end) of the price for an original Chuck Close on canvas, a Chuck Close (or Kiki Walker, or Ellsworth Kelly, or Louise Bourgeois) on paper puts you in the company of collectors who are art-smart but still looking out for the overall cachet of their acquisition portfolio.  Don't let the "craft" label color your perception- this is not papier-mâché amateur hour.  After all, the Whitney has a curator of prints, and Sotheby's has a contemporary prints division.  Who said you couldn't apply "buy low, sell high" to the fine arts world?

-Dana Horst