Post #13834 by jukeboy56 on Fri, Nov 15, 2002 10:00 AM

On 2002-11-15 09:42, TikiManiac wrote:
I contacted Ebay about this travesty and they said that unless Shag himself reports the item, they are not authorized to make any assumptions as to whether or not the painting is a copy and end the auction. We are living in a capitalist world where you can lie, cheat, and STEAL to get rich. How tragic...

While I don't like this painting, or the fact that eBay won't do anything about protecting Shag's rights, you can't fault capitalism. In fact capitalism, free markets and supply & demand will set the proper price for this cheap copy -- and it won't be very high.
As far as getting "rich", I doubt that the artist who created this copy ever will, considering the cost of time and materials it took to create it. The bidder's aren't exactly knocking each other out of the running to get the thing. (One bid with 6 hours left to go)
Speaking from my experience as a painter with a few sales under my belt, I would bet that whoever created this thing could do MUCH better economically by creating something original and putting it in their local artist's association co-op gallery. Maybe this failure to reap the kinds of prices that Shag's work does will send this painter back to working on his own ideas and developing his own style.