Originally Posted by
piper28
Dali is another one that you if I remember correctly you really need to be careful what you're buying and research it ahead of time. I don't remember the real specifics involved, I just remember there was something about them that you had to watch out for. Ironically, it was actually a Princess Fine Arts person that brought this up at one point. Basically, I'd recommend a lot of research before buying something from Dali to make sure you're actually getting what you think you are. Of course, the problems around Dali stuff has actually made them relatively affordable compared to where they probably should be. (Of course, that also makes a case for why investing in art expecting the values to go up can be a dangerous thing.)
What it was with Dali is that towards the end of his life he basically signed a bunch of blank printing sheets before anything was ever printed on them so many were not even numbered and he didn't know what would eventually be on the paper that he signed.
I once bought an Agam which I sold for twice what I paid for it and I have bought a couple of Tarkays as I do like his work and I knew the price I was bidding was very good,