What Are The 10 Most Investable Print Series & Collections?

​​Warhol’s Cowboys & Indians portfolio comprises ten formally issued prints, supported by three widely recognised associated works that consistently circulate alongside the core set. The edition structure is broad, spanning main editions and multiple proof categories, creating clear value tiers and multiple entry points. Complete sets surface with notable regularity, while Trial Proofs have drawn heightened attention in recent years due to scarcity and alternate colourways.

Confidence Score: 55/60 (Exceptional). Driven by strong long-term growth (CAGR 11%), with volatility reflecting a tiered price architecture rather than instability.

Created as part of Hockney’s pioneering iPad practice, The Arrival Of Spring has been shaped by unusually constrained supply, with works entering the secondary market only sporadically for years. In 2025, a major release brought an unprecedented cross-section of the Edition-of-25 works to market, producing a broad-based reset rather than isolated highs. Notably, this uplift did not expand dispersion uncontrollably, with volatility remaining stable despite the scale of the shift.

Confidence Score: 54/60 (Exceptional). Driven by exceptional growth (CAGR 34%) and strong recent momentum, with some recency risk as current price evidence clusters within one release cycle.

One of Lichtenstein’s final and most refined print portfolios, Nudes revisits the Benday-dot language through a quieter, more contemplative lens. The edition structure is compact and disciplined, with seven core images and limited proof material, and the series has never been sold as a complete set. Recent performance has been accelerated by two unusual supply events: APs from family holdings and the re-emergence of rare State I impressions, which function as quasi-unique variants within an otherwise uniform structure.

Confidence Score: 52/60 (Exceptional). Underpinned by strong growth (CAGR 13.69%) and elevated recency, with structural risk linked to limited long-range volume and provenance-specific supply events.

Moving Focus represents one of Hockney’s most technically ambitious print bodies, exploring spatial distortion, multi-perspective construction, and complex colour separation. Long-term performance is defined by steady activity and incremental pricing evolution, with annual volumes typically holding within a stable range. The series is among the most stable in this list, with narrow, predictable dispersion across tiers and a market that behaves as a coherent ecosystem where edition type and condition follow repeatable valuation logic.

Confidence Score: 52/60 (Exceptional). Supported by exceptionally strong liquidity and stable pricing behaviour, with modest long-term growth (CAGR approximately 1–3%) reflecting maturity rather than weakness.

Endangered Species is one of Warhol’s most culturally resonant portfolios, combining vivid colour with a clear ecological narrative. The edition architecture is notably broad, with main editions and multiple proof categories circulating with enough regularity to sustain long-term liquidity while preserving rarity at the upper tiers. Complete sets remain the market’s apex and continue to anchor valuation, while Trial Proofs operate as variant works rather than linear extensions of the main edition, deepening the collection’s internal hierarchy.

Confidence Score: 51/60 (Exceptional). Supported by strong long-term performance (CAGR 17%) and one of the deepest global trading footprints in Warhol’s print market, with volatility driven by structural tier separation.

Hockney’s Swimming Pools function as a grouped market of thematically linked works spanning multiple sub-series, from Pool Made With Paper And Blue Ink For Book to the Lithographic Pools and Afternoon Swimming. The portfolio is defined by steady turnover, predictable pricing, and a tiered but coherent structure: higher-edition works provide reliable liquidity and comparables, while scarcer sheets introduce occasional highs without destabilising the broader category. Demand has remained consistent for nearly a decade, reinforced by cultural familiarity and international participation.

Confidence Score: 51/60 (Exceptional). Underpinned by sustained long-term performance (CAGR 17%) and strong liquidity across sub-series, with risk largely structural, shaped by condition sensitivity and sub-series characteristics.

Few contemporary images have matched the ubiquity of Girl With Balloon. Issued in editions of 150 signed and 600 unsigned, it is Banksy’s most widely collected print series and among the most consistently traded works in the contemporary editions market. The dataset is unusually transparent, with deep comparables across signed and unsigned editions and repeatable pricing bands that held through a peak-and-correction cycle into an orderly normalisation. Ultra-rare AP colourways set the symbolic ceiling but appear too infrequently to shape the day-to-day market.

Confidence Score: 47/60 (Strong). Supported by exceptional liquidity and global demand, with modest long-term growth (CAGR 1.57%) and record momentum still anchored in the 2021 peak.

Growing is a graphically distilled late portfolio comprising five core images, with a small number of proofs and the rare appearance of complete sets. The market has been defined by long-term value growth, driven by increased visibility and broad participation across editions earlier in the period, alongside tightening supply of higher-tier variants. Even where volumes contract, the pricing structure remains orderly, with a disciplined hierarchy across proofs and main editions and complete sets holding the upper boundary.

Confidence Score: 43/60 (Strong). Underpinned by strong long-term value performance (CAGR 22.89%), with risk linked to depth and momentum as upper-tier proof material has been absent in recent years.

Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe suite comprises ten colourways that collectively form one of the most established and carefully tiered markets in post-war prints. Complete sets sit at the top, regularly achieving multi-million-pound results and resetting benchmarks when they appear, while individual colourways trade in overlapping ranges shaped as much by colour preference and condition as by edition tier. The collection’s volatility reading is structurally high because the presence or absence of a single complete set materially shifts averages, yet pricing remains predictable within each tier.

Confidence Score: 41/60 (Strong). Supported by exceptional liquidity and deep global participation, with long-term performance registering a negative CAGR (–2.28%) largely due to the outsized influence of complete sets on historical averages.

Choose Your Weapon is one of Banksy’s most structurally defined portfolios, with a clear hierarchy of colourways, edition sizes, and higher-scarcity tiers. The core is the main edition across multiple colourways in editions of 25, supported by a larger Grey variant in an edition of 100, with VIP editions, Queue-Jumping Grey, and small proof categories establishing the upper boundaries when they surface. Volatility remains controlled due to disciplined internal pricing, but recent liquidity has been narrowly concentrated in main editions, reflecting the scarcity and retention of higher-tier material.

Confidence Score: 36/60 (Selective). Supported by a structured edition hierarchy and sustained engagement, with negative long-term performance (CAGR –4.66%) following the 2021 peak and limited depth in recent years.

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