tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117121614623197321.post4532480923532034046..comments2023-10-01T10:44:24.382-05:00Comments on What If I . . .: . . . were still dopeyMary Buekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297930606582925072noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117121614623197321.post-49386057712819255232008-10-02T08:17:00.000-05:002008-10-02T08:17:00.000-05:00Martha: Art as investment. . . could you explain?...Martha: Art as investment. . . could you explain? Could this be a topic for a post on your blog?Mary Buekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297930606582925072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117121614623197321.post-87410341757185325432008-09-30T09:08:00.000-05:002008-09-30T09:08:00.000-05:00Well Mary, that's a tough thing to swallow where f...Well Mary, that's a tough thing to swallow where friends are involved, but in the long run you will be better off and will have learned something from the experience. We all go through these. Hopefully it makes us wiser. I think it just makes me older.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the gallery guy is a good indicator of what's going on in the larger art market. But art-as-investment is only a small part of the art business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117121614623197321.post-73325564417994224682008-09-30T07:49:00.001-05:002008-09-30T07:49:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mary Buekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297930606582925072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117121614623197321.post-78023560558975136552008-09-30T07:49:00.000-05:002008-09-30T07:49:00.000-05:00Yeah, Gina, it seemed pretty awful at the time, bu...Yeah, Gina, it seemed pretty awful at the time, but I'm so glad I got past it. Lesson learned.Mary Buekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297930606582925072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117121614623197321.post-10391132759803476842008-09-29T12:59:00.000-05:002008-09-29T12:59:00.000-05:00This is all so awful, Mary! We like to think peopl...This is all so awful, Mary! We like to think people can be trusted but that isn’t always so. Unfortunately, the quiet and undemanding people are the first to get picked on. But, congratulations for your art representative coming through--hope you made a bundle!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023139696088340742noreply@blogger.com