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According to joint analysis by artnet Analytics and artnet News just 25 artists (over half American) are responsible for almost 50% of all postwar and contemporary art auction sales. This is an extreme situation and probably due to increasingly wealthy buyers competing for a shrinking supply of name-brand artists. Of course this does not account for the artists who sell in the private market. Jack Armstrong is one such branded artist. His unique style of art he calls Cosmic ‘X’ and the fact that he only painted 100 canvasses and vowed never to paint another, has guarantee him a place in art history as well as an ever increasing value. Jack Armstrong hit the “jackpot” by selling his art privately in the million dollar range and lists among his collectors such famous names as Alice Walton, Michel Polnareff, Narenda Patel and Donny York. Around half of his collection of 100 are now in private hands and none wishing to sell. The incredible booming economy in the US will project art sales higher and higher in the coming years. There’s nothing quite like art as an investment in good times or bad times. It’s portable wealth and beautiful to look at and you have the best bragging rights to hang in your home. Imagine owning one of only 100 unique and magical paintings in the entire world! This top heavy market indicates that branding is an all important factor and Jack Armstrong certainly achieved that with his launch in 2010 of the Million Dollar Harley Davidson, the most expensive motorcycle in the world. With his osmic Harley, his ARTbike and his recent audacious $6 MILLION Tony Lama Cowboy boots Jack Armstrong has scored a hat trick. Armstrong had a mass of publicity over the decade to the envy of many excellent artists who haven't yet made the big time. He has promised to help other artists become well known without the top galleries and auction houses and secured himself a place in the psyche of the public and the art world. Jack eschewed those traditional establishment market norms which he called the “art cartel”. With a movie in the making and his announcement that he will paint a $100 Million car in 2020, the value of his extremely limited Cosmic ‘X’ art canvasses will continue to increase. If you would like to be notified of upcoming events or pre-market sales email or call us. Iain Hammer Ph.D 6
THESE BOOTS, AS WITH HIS 100 COSMIC ‘X’ PAINTINGS ARE ROCKING THE WORLD! in the world and huge media coverage. Internationally renowned charismatic and rebel American artist Jack Armstrong,who founded the modern art style “Cosmic “x”, has created the world’s most expensive boots; the “Cosmic Cowboy Boots” with a price tag of $6M. He painted on his own pristine 1968 Tony Lama boots, a brand worn by Harry S. Truman and favoured by many other Presidents. Armstrong’s latest Cosmic X project follows the successes of his “Cosmic Starship Harley”, the world’s most expensive Harley Davidson V-Rod, unveiled and sold for over $3M in 2010 and now back on the market for $10M, and his “Cosmic Star Cruiser”, a bicycle launched in 2014 at the prestigious Big Boys Toys, Dubai. With a price tag of $3M it attracted the wealthiest people Jack called “The Last Wizard” by his friend Andy Warhol proved it is possible to sell million dollar art without the top galleries and auction houses he railed against for years. Around 50% of all art is sold privately today because of the high costs of these establishments. His ‘sticking the boots in’ is perhaps his ultimate statement against what he called the art cartel. The majority of talented artists never break through the establishment wall while those few favoured artists become multi-millionaires. He has promised to help more talented artists break through this barrier. He vowed to paint only 100 canvases in his lifetime. His unique Cosmic X style of art combines extreme colors and textures with words that magically appear throughout each painting when viewed at different angles, his bold signature often in the center. Around half of his collection is already in private hands. Listed amongst his collectors are such names as Alice Walton the Walmart Billionaire, Narenda Patel, a world-famous architect, Donny York of the group Sha Na Na and Michel Polnareff the famous French singer. His collectors are not eager to sell. This scarcity factor guarantees an everincreasing price. A movie and a PBS documentary are already planned about his life and in 2020 Armstrong is set to launch the world’s most expensive automobile with a price tag of $100M along with a line of fashionwear. There really is no stopping him!! These ‘Cosmic Cowboy Boots’ may not be to everyone’s taste and you may ask why paint them in the first place? “Well Van Gogh painted boots but never his own. Not many people know that”. These boots may not be meant for walking but are certainly meant for talking! Armstrong has definitely scored another FIRST! 7
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