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“This means that only 75 paintings can ever be available for collectors and
investors. Art is a great hedge against currency devaluation and is truly
portable wealth. Armstrong’s art is uniquely based on his ownership of the
magical Black Star Sapphire of Queensland and is destined to rise sharply
in value in the near future”.
This magazine is the first and only catalogue of the amazing 100 paintings of Cosmic ‘X’ artist and art rebel Jack
Armstrong. No other printed hard copy brings all of his work together and it is an essential compendium and reference
work for any collector or art investor. Cosmic ‘X’ 100 includes letters by the artist regarding his 3 seminal pieces, his
Triptych. It also includes critiques and other information which will help the reader gain a better insight to the artist and
his special form of art. Star Global has been promoting Armstrong’s art since 2010 when I conceived the Million Dollar
Harley Davidson as a branding tool, similar to Warhol’s soup can. My aim was to connect with a larger and more current
generation and this rocketed Armstrong to super art star status. Our clients have over 30 original paintings and we are
committed to continue promoting these valuable works. Their value will surpass the astronomical prices recently paid
for the works of his contemporaries such as Warhol and Basquiat and others.
Armstrong, now in his sixties and in declining health, is still as out spoken as he has been since his early years as
a Model in New York, where he befriended such iconic artists as Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring.
Indeed, Warhol gave him the name “The Last Wizard”. Despite his brashness he has a deep passion for art and the
millions of unknown artists who never break through the wall of the “art cartel”, his name for the major art galleries
and auction houses. They alone decide who is to be or not to be the celebrated and wealthiest artists and promote
them through encouraging factories that copy rather than produce original art. Armstrong has shown that an artist can
break through this cartel wall with self-promotion and persistence. Armstrong’s Cosmic Starship Harley continues to
receive world wide publicity some 8 years after its launch. It is now well entranced in the public psyche. Armstrong has
never participated in an auction or gallery showing yet has made high-value private sales.
As a young boy on a visit to the Smithsonian Museum with his mother, Armstrong was fixated by a unique stone, the
largest known black star sapphire (733-carat ), the Black Star Sapphire of Queensland. He promised his mother that
one day he would buy the stone and he did. The stone spoke to him and told him he would be a famous artist and to
paint only 100 special paintings and never another. Whilst there are numerous media articles, Armstrong is not as
famous as his astronaut relative, Neil Armstrong. He is, nevertheless, the subject of “The Last Wizard” a movie, staring
Damian Chapa and Eric Roberts, due for release in 2020. Damian met Armstrong, back in the 1980s at a Warhol Party,
introduced by Details Magazine’s brilliant writer Stephan Saban. The trailer is available on You Tube–THE LAST WIZARD.-
With only 100 paintings in the entire world these colorful, multilayered, acrylic on canvas paintings, are tightly held by
savvy collectors who bought directly from the artist himself or through Star Global International. The art has
Armstrong’s finger prints, thumb prints, hand prints, and DNA in all of the 100 paintings - a process cleverly devised by
the artist to thwart forgeries and each owner has a specially signed certificate of authenticity. However, Star Global can
authenticate all of Armstrong’s paintings. 25 paintings are destined to form the basis of a museum which the artist will
open soon. This means that only 75 paintings can ever be available for collectors and investors. Armstrong aims to help
other talented artists showcase their works.
About 80 of his paintings are 24” x 36” before framing and the others are larger and vary in size. Prices currently range
from $1,950,000 rising steeply to $50,000,000 the price of his largest piece “The Last Wizard”. Alice Walton, billionaire
owner of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, architect Narenda Patel, French superstar Michel Polnareff, Donny
York of iconic pop group Sha Na Na, and Eric Roberts are listed among his famous collectors.
A 4-page interview with Armstrong recently appeared in “Art & Museum”, the insert magazine in The Family Office Elite
magazine for HNWI’s, and is reproduced inside this magazine. This was submitted by Derek Culley, the artist who first
discovered Damien Hirst. Since there can only ever be 100 Cosmic X originals, owning an original Armstrong is not only
exclusive but also beautiful to have in one’s home. Art is a hedge against currency devaluation and is truly portable
wealth. Armstrong’s art is uniquely based on his ownership of the magical Black Star Sapphire of Queensland and is
destined to rise sharply in value in the near future.
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