A first print run of 350 was sold out within minutes for $ 45 a piece, and, much to Fairey's annoyance, resold on ebay for a lot more. Wall Street Journal began to track the ebay prices, they quickly shot up to $ 3'000, and reached $ 10'000 in June. In July, a mixed media painting done by Fairey in the same style as his "Hope" poster, sold for $ 108'000.
Just don't get me started on the mechanics of "art production" .... aw, geeze ... migraine coming on though I just got out of bed ... Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
