“Yes We Did – Victory!” Obama Poster by Shepard Fairey (Updates)
Ok, so here’s some more information on Shepard Fairey’s newest Obama print. “Yes We Did – Victory!” is available now in sticker form. You can either get one sticker for free, five for a $3 donation, or fifty for a $20 donation. Additionally, Moveon.org will release the image in poster form tomorrow. They will be numbered and limited to 5000 pieces. They will go up tomorrow (Friday, November 7) at 12:30 pm EST. Go HERE for the stickers and HERE for the poster.
EDIT: The sale of the prints has been postponed, and will now take place tomorrow ( Saturday, November 8 ) at 12:30pm EST.
got the sticker but the poster is going to be tough!
Wow, moveon’s site is getting HAMMERED!
So is the print going to be the “YES WE DID” or the “VICTORY” version. This is something i DON’T understand.
dude, sometimes these things need to go un announced on sites like this and EB cause of all the Flippers,, it was gunna be limited to members but looks like the words out
What members? You are mad that you have to fight for your flip money. Who makes you special?
hey boobs,
the members of moveon.org. now don’t you look stupid.
[...] Postrel was right. Now that Obama’s actually going to be the President, this stuff is totally creepy, and I’m against [...]
boobs never look stupid.
boobs you are a complete paste eating tard, go away and choke on some ding dongs or something, and STF before u speak on something you don’t know about, I have never flipped a print in my life and don’t ever plan to, trade or sell over time is cool but to buy something for the sheer purpose of selling it the next or even same day pisses me off. I hope everyone on selling Vote prints on ebay doesn’t get a single one.
you are right Jennifer, boobs are are great. I’m glad we have a women here to remind us were our priorities should be.
maybe some of these people need to start looking at some so they will chill out…
Is this open to international sales?
I think its just Beautiful!
interesting someone is “pre-selling” this print for over 1,000 on ebay…wtf?
Depends – Some boobs look stupid – I saw this TV docu called “Boobs gone bad” – All about bad tit jobs, now having reviewed that program I can honestly say some boobs do look stupid.
Maybe they deserve a print to flip for having a bad boob.
i have a test at 10:00 PST. if i can’t get i at 9:30 PST when it launches because of website crap then i won’t be getting one.
Do you think these will go that fast? There’s 5,000 of them and they are unsigned
The VOTE print sold 1K an hour so this will probably go at around the same rate. There are already douche bag flippers selling this print on eBay for up to $1500 a piece and they haven’t even gone on sale yet! It’s almost like they think people are stupid and don’t know they can get their own for $20 tomorrow. Opportunistic pieces of S*&T!
did the site hold up last time or was it like obey?
Just got an email asking whether I would buy this as a poster for $250.
If that is their price point, they won’t sell all 5,000.
Oops to clarify it was an official email from MoveOn and it had links for yes, maybe and no.
so can we buy one in the uk??
i would love a piece of history like that
OK, 3 straight posts…..
After posting I got 2 more emails in the same format but asking if I’d buy the poster at $75 and $100.
So it’ll likely be one of those 3 prices.
I’ve been asked by these survey mails if i’d buy at different prices.. $100 and $150.. looks like they’ll compile the results and decide of their price tags based on that. Don’t write you want one at $250…I suppose if 90% of the people answer yes to that question, it may very well be their price…
Just say no on the survey.
Spread the word far and wide…who wants to pay more than they have to?
It almost seems like the way the question is asked is trickery…like i you say “Yes” you get it on a pre-sale or something…lol..
J
$75? $100? How weak. And here I was going to try and get one. I guess someone has decided to get rich. Oh well, reality sets in…
Think of it as a donation to moveon.org!
I know most of you have donated already to one cause or another – RIGHT – so don’t blame them if they do sell them for $250.
You get an awesome poster AND get to donate money to help screw the neocons, evangelists and blue hairs even further into the ground.
Site says the first 1000 are signed by Shepard Fairey.
The site says the signed prints are 500 and the unsigned are 90
From the move in site…
Prints will be available via a link on this page starting at 12:30 p.m. EST on Friday, November 7th. Check this page at that time for a link to donate for your print. The prints signed by the artist will be available to those who donate $500 or more, while supplies last. The unsigned prints will be available to those who donate $80 or more, plus an additional $10 donation to cover shipping, while supplies last.
So you ready to splash out $500………..
His signing pencil lead must have gold flake in it…
Get an unsigned one and hand it to him to sign at the next show !
Suck! This will be much harder to be around for…
Print Availability Postponed
Because of the overwhelming demand for “Yes We Did—Victory” stickers (960,000 ordered so far), availability of limited edition prints will not begin until tomorrow, Saturday November 8, at 12:30 p.m. ET.
https://pol.moveon.org/shepstickers/leposters.html
I’m checking at 12:30 ET today anyways…
Damn.. the poster sale has been postponed until tomorrow.
Print Availability Postponed
Because of the overwhelming demand for “Yes We Did—Victory” stickers (960,000 ordered so far), availability of limited edition prints will not begin until tomorrow, Saturday November 8, at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Print purchases were postponed until Sat. at 12:30. In answer to some of your questions – signed prints will be given to those donating over $500 and unsigned will go for $90 ($80+$10).
Perhaps a time for a price re-assessment…..
This stinks. I’ve been waiting for a while for this. I don’t understand why they can’t just take orders today.
Stickers? Almost a million of ‘em? Is there enough room for that many stickers?
lets hope they are bio degradable.
The link to the sticker is not working for me at all . . . any ideas why? I normally don’t have problems with emails from you guys!
Damn, the postponement means I’ll miss this one. Feel like sending moveon an e-mail with “Yes we did? Oh no you didn’t!”
Daughters’ soccer games take precedence. Where are my priorities?
I’d hate to be the one who has to number all those stickers
So they are charging $500 each for the 1000 artist signed posters, and $80 each for other 4000 unsigned posters. If my math is correct, and they sell all 5000 posters at that price, they are bringing in $820,000. Just under a mil. So what I’d like to know is, how is all that wonderful money being kept track of since it’s supposed to “help President Elect Obama make the country more progressive?”
I want the print but dont know if it is worth the big bucks for the signed print. What do you people think? Signed or unsigned?
$500 Dollars…HMMMMM…NOT!!!
I am bummed because I’ll be on an airplane tomorrow. Twas my only shot.
This is retarded… first of all the poster reminds me of Nazi propaganda and the fact that people are willing to pay $80 or $500 for this crap is ridiculous.
I heard Barack is going to write 25 poems on 25 random lucky prints….?
just kidding
$500 no way – I will pass and not pay that – If you sell it and double your money its A GRAND
I will buy lower price prints and treble, quadruple my cash.
Be at peace if you not able to buy these tomorrow.
I GOT an unsigned AFTER many, many, error messages. Hang in there if your’re trying.
Did you get the email confirmation? I got a blank page the first time. Then I tried again, got through, only to be told that there is only one poster per customer.
Did anyone get a confirmation e-mail yet? I can’t believe they are already sold out. 20 minutes….ridiculous
unsigned are gone, some signed stiil available…..
Just got the unsigned one 15 minutes after it was posted. Super easy and no traffic
Wow both editons sold out in less than 30 mins crazy!!!!!!!!!
They’re all sold out already! So glad I got one
i was able to buy an unsigned one, but when my friend tried to buy one soon after they sold out of all 5000 prints
Well… I finally got my unsigned after sumiting the order several times as well. Guess I can go back to sleep now… These prints may be worth more than the original Obama posters Shep made because it commemorates the historic event on Nov. 4th. Good luck if you are still searching.
They send a confirm. e-mail when you get one….FYI
I was able to get one and I feel very fortunate for that. I’m excited to own a piece of history and to those people flipping for the extra $ you are lame! I can’t wait to frame mine and put it on the wall. I will never forget the feeling of Obama winning and the feeling of hope that came with it.
ps. it said on the M.O. website that if you don’t get an email confirmation that your order didn’t go through. I tried three times… first two got blank pages then on the third it finally went… though still a blank page but the URL showed it as a confirmation/receipt page and then my email showed up 2 seconds later.
Does anyone know if you get a lower numbered edition if you are one of the first to place an order, as opposed to getting something like 3800/4000 if you are one of the last ones to order.
do you guys this they sold all 4000 through the site? highly doubt it… Im guessing I will be able to pick one up some where else…
i think all the official numbered ones were sold through the site. I’ve seen bootleg versions already on ebay.
For anyone worried, as long as you got the e-mail confirmation, and your account was appropriately debited, you should be fine. It stated that your order was not going to be complete until you received the e-mail confirmation.
SO, if you got an error message after clicking the submit button only after a lengthy load time (like myself), yet received the confirmation and were debited the $500+, take a moment and breathe.
I got the confirmation e-mail @ 12:33pm EST. Can anyone else beat that? And did anyone else donate more than the suggested $500 to moveon.org?
This art is INCREDIBLE. I cannot grasp why anyone would EB flip this art piece. Doing so takes away the chance for someone who really cares and follows Shepard Fairey’s work from acquiring this artwork in the way it was intended.
Anyways…
Props to Obama!
I had a feeling these would go fast. I fortunately was able to get an unsigned one as soon as they went on sale. This is an absolutely amazing piece of art and history. Imagine 30-40 years down the road when this moment is in our history books. And we can all look back and have something like this to remember it by.
I got the e-mail at 9:33AM PST after submitting the form at around 9:31AM PST. Will early birds get lower numbers?
I too got the email at 11:33AM central after submitting the form a minute or so earlier.
I hope I get one of the first 10 signed posters and since the unsigned sold out faster, there is a better chance this could happen (assuming they give the first orders the first numbers)
Mine came at 11:32 CST!
I heard from a quiet source that 6 random signed “YES WE DID” posters will come with a copy of the “VICTORY” prints signed by Obama.
Should be pretty amazing….
As “svelterambis” once said:
just kidding
I think tons of people got e-mails around :33, myself included. It’s the :32 people(multiple people that i know of) that will get the lowest number. I have yet to see anyone who received an e-mail at :31. I can only assume that early buyers will get early prints. I haven’t heard an official count of how many were made available to the public. I can Imagine, as usual, about 4750.
Dang…. I tried submitting my payment for an unsigned print and had to try several times. Mine went through at :37. I hope I get a low number if the sort it by last name. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Cr Soto (or anyone)
when did the site open for you?
My computer read 11:31 when the links actually appeared and I was on there reloading every few seconds.
It’s funny, if they only released 4750 to the public and put the other 250 on ebay, it seems like they could make more on ebay than all the rest! have you seen some of those prices!? I doubt they will sell, but I saw as much as $4,000 and they didn’t appear to even be signed (not to mention preorders).
Oh, and when are the VICTORY prints coming out and where if anyone knows?
I’ve been thinking…
….for those of us who did secure/lock in a print, either signed or unsigned, guess what:
WE GOT A PRINT!
I can’t speak for everyone, but for me I am content with simply getting one.
If it’s #999/5000 versus #1/5000, you know what, that’s okay with me. If it’s not a low number, so what. I’m not planning to ever sell it, so does it’s number in the edition make or break this art piece’s significance to me: No! I at least will have one. For this, I am grateful.
Too many of us legitimate Shep/Obama fans did not get this chance. I’m not about to dwell on what # it is.
Props to Obama.
And anti-props to the EB flippers. You know who you are.
Totally agree with you
Ultimately, I doubt none of us on here will care what # in the long run but it is fun to think of the possibilities while we wait a few weeks for it to arrive
i don’t think anyone on this site will ebay flip-atleast from what i’ve read through it looks like.plus people don’t really spend time on communities if they are only seeking profit.
it is a shame though.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post this or not.
A nice gentleman on another blog had this link within his post:
http://www.subliminalprojects.com/main/store/
stating if you are a die hard fan Shepard Fairey fan, and missed out, then you can purchase a great piece of art created by Shepard and his buddies. It’ll have his autograph on it, along with theirs.
It’s a really sweet print set. I’m broke from the MoveOn.org donation for the Yes we Did, and I want those who tried and missed the opportunity to have something they can hang on their wall, so I’m going to pass on this one.
Just go check it out. I posted it because I feel for all you here who got screwed because of the mass EB hording whores.
Cheers.
I got the page with options for Unsigned or Signed at 9:31:12 PST and after selecting Unsigned and filling in the order form my clock was showing around 9:31:50 PST.
After submitting the order form it wasn’t until around 9:32:15 PST that I got the confirmation page, and my email came in with a times stamp of 9:33 PST.
As for my question regarding whether or not people who order early get low numbers, it was exactly that…a question.
I’m new to the world of buying limited edition posters destined to sell out within minutes and genuinely curious to learn how the allocation system works.
For the record I’m not a “bay” “flipper” of “Shep’s” works, instead I’m a supporter of Barack Obama who has donated the maximum allowed to both his and that of moveon.org and the DNC.
So rather than follow the neocons down the road of suspicion and veiled accusations could Obey Obama please list all the people on this thread he or she is accusing of flipping and we can all decide whether Obey Obama’s suspicions are well founded!
The Bush years are OVER – move on.
“could Obey Obama please list all the people on this thread he or she is accusing of flipping” –Marc Hansen
I didn’t specify my accusations were towards any one on this blog. My intention of pointing out EB flippers was focused on the auctions I’m seeing on ebay. Not those on this thread.
“This art is INCREDIBLE. I cannot grasp why anyone would EB flip this art piece. Doing so takes away the chance for someone who really cares and follows Shepard Fairey’s work from acquiring this artwork in the way it was intended.”
——”cannot grasp why anyone” again, never referred to any one person on this blog—-
“Just go check it out. I posted it because I feel for all you here who got screwed because of the mass EB hording whores.”
——”the mass EB hording whores.” if i had the words “on here” to the END of that sentence, then it’d be another story—-
“And anti-props to the EB flippers. You know who you are.”
—-general statement aimed at any one, anywhere, to frame some guilt—-
Hope that clears up any misunderstanding.
But seriously, go checkout that art I mentioned. Other great works on there as well.
Best wishes.
Dude, I posted about that print set weeks ago. You’re not breaking any news or anything.
Didn’t see it when I posted.
Either way.
Psssssst…
Go look at Obey’s website…nice surprise going on right now
(obeygiant.com)
Surprise over and removed from site. Hope offsets (leftovers) were for sale. Got the “Out of Stock” message, then they removed the print from the “Prints” and “New Products” pages.
Yeah weird.
I somehow managed to get one. Pay-pal went through. Received confirmation e-mail form paypal, and obeygiant.
I’m willing to bet that the page we saw, will be back shortly. But who knows. That was totally strange.
Maybe though they don’t exist and it was a total fluke of an old post. But I havn’t seen an old post like that on their site.
Also, they had a glitch the other day with a bunch of photos from around the country on there, then they took that post down too.
Hmm…. fishy
BTW, I randomly loaded their page while on campus here in the library and saw that hope poster and was like “NO WAY!”
I got an email from moveon.org today about a 24×36 version of the “Yes we did” poster. Went to the site and saw this:
“We’re now offering gorgeous, 24″ x 36″ posters to commemorate Barack Obama’s historic victory, designed by Shepard Fairey—the groundbreaking artist who created the iconic “Hope” poster for Obama.
You can get one poster for a $20+ donation. For a $35+ donation, we’ll send you 2 posters. For a $50+ donation, we’ll send 3 posters. Posters are printed on Royal Fiber Cream 80 lb. Text stock, and may take 5-7 weeks to arrive. “
I got the same thing. I ordered 2. =) Im guessing this is a huge run that won’t wbe worht as much to the collector. but i dont care =)
That’s awesome! Was hoping they’d put a non-signed/numbered print out!
What was the link?
admin’s got a new post about it on the OMG frontpage…
On reflection. This sucks.
Wow. I actually ordered one of the supposedly “limited edition” ones and I feel totally mislead. This is unacceptable. I have already contacted moveon.org to complain and I urge you to contact them as well if you are in the same boat. They should not have touted these as being limited edition if they were just going to release them two days later. I would have much rather paid the $20.00, that is for sure. Soooo wrong.
Nice touch Moveon…Nothing like building good will, taking our money and then screwing us. Last dollar you ever get from me. Oh and Shep, did you ok this scumbag move?
I agree that moveOn.org should NOT have released the $20 prints, and that it’s an insult to those who needed to pay $80 in order to get the copy. I don’t believe that most would have paid the $80 for numbering if they could have purchased the print for $20. That just seems so wrong. It’s also rather diluting as heck to the value of the $80 and $500 posters. Just my opinion….and “I” paid $500!
MoveOn.Org really pulled a nasty with this move.
Email sent to people who bought original signed edition:
Dear MoveOn member,
Thanks so much for ordering a Limited Edition print of “Yes We Did—Victory!” by Shepard Fairey. This email confirms that you’ll be receiving one of the Limited Edition prints from the run of 5,000.
Since Shepard is overseeing the production of these prints, and each one needs to be numbered by hand, we expect production to take a few weeks. Once your print is ready, we’ll pack it carefully and ship it to you via UPS or FedEx. At that point, we’ll let you know that it’s shipped and send you a tracking number to ensure that your print arrives promptly and safely. In all, we expect the process to take 5—7 weeks from your order date.
The Limited Edition prints sold out in an incredible 24 minutes. In the process, we raised critical funds to help keep the organizing going after this amazing victory. We know that Barack Obama can’t do this on his own. With your help, we’re gearing up to help him pass major progressive reforms, like health care and clean energy.
And because the demand for the “Victory” design has been so tremendous—and this campaign will require significant resources—we’ve also started offering a poster version to campaign donors. These posters are not part of the Limited Edition, will not be numbered, and are not printed to the same specifications or on the same stock as the Limited Edition.
Thanks again for your generous support. Your contribution is instrumental as we help President-elect Obama pass his progressive agenda.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email us at xxxxxxxxxx@moveon.org
Thanks for all you do.
–Nita, Wes, Daniel, Marika and the rest of the team
I am frustrated. I ordered the 500. print and received a receipt but not a confirmation email (sucks) but the funds from my credit card are in suspension. I have to assume there was a glitch and even though my reciept is time stamped 9:38am that I did not get a limited edition print… I have written moveon.org and email 2x with no response… and I am unable to try and enjoy these other shep offers because my money is suspended… What Up? Anyone else have this experiece?
check obey now
Hope offsets (leftovers), signed were for sale. Too late! i got one and phoned a friend that got one.
I’m sorry but are we not missing the point in all of this. He won!
There are other people that want to remember this day of history by having this image to remind them that they were a part of change.
Also the posters are just that, posters not prints.
To anyone who is concerned/curious about print numbers I just got an email from moveon:
Hi J….,
We have not yet determined who will get which print number. If you ordered
a signed print, it will be from numbers 1-1000. Unsigned prints will be in
the range from 1001-5000. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate
requests for specific numbers.
Thanks for all you do,
….
MoveOn Support
Now, that’s not exactly what I asked (wanting to request a number), I just asked what would be assigned. It makes me slightly more weary that they aren’t going to go in order.
Let’s assume that Shepard will number all the prints before signing them.
When he gets to 1000/5000 (the ones he will later sign) he’ll start a new stack.
They’ll end up with two piles, 0001/1000 and 1001/5000.
Assuming each print isn’t flipped after being numbered and placed on the “done” stacks, the highest numbers will be on top.
So it really boils down to how the sort the mailing list.
If it’s first come first served, the people who ordered first will get the highest numbers (5000/5000 on down) unless of course the flip the whole stack in which case early orderers will get the lowest numbers.
Unless of course the list is in alphabetical order or some other meaningless format.
Needless to say if I get 2008/5000 I’ll be sure to donate the maximum I can to moveon.org next month
FWIW I received my print today via UPS (6:19PM PST) and got number 1250/5000.
I placed my order within two minutes of the order page appearing so I was the 250th person to place an order I’m guessing (the first 1000 being the signed ones).
Awesome work Shepard. I’m a fan
I recieved my poster today..haven’t yet opened to check the number. I was very very upset when Move.on relased an open addition the very next day………needless to say this is the last donation they’ll EVER get from me even though now they spam the heck out of me asking for money 2-3 times a day.
We received our Numbered poster a few days ago, but, I’ve been sick so we didn’t open it ’til today.
It’s just beautiful… and the stock it’s printed on is quality (meaning ‘heavy & thick’)… Absolutely worth framing under glass.
We got print #4411/5000.
We feel so fortunate to have been able to not only afford one of these Numbered posters (just couldn’t manage a Signed one for $500… so many medical expenses this year, *sigh*), but to also have the additional feeling that this Numbered poster gives us… My husband and I are very active politically, as I am sure most of you are here, and when we opened the package and unrolled the poster, we both just burst into tears all over again… it so took us back to all the hard work everyone has done to make Obama’s presidency a reality… and then to election night.
We will treasure this poster always, and pass it on as an heirloom to our children, and their children, so they can, too, can behold a piece of our nation’s American History.
For those who have expressed a feeling of being cheated because MoveOn is now selling UnSigned and UnNumbered posters at a discount, I wish to say this: Being a Collector myself, the Signed and/or Numbered posters will retain a much higher value than the UnSigned and/or UnNumbered posters printed on inferior stock.
What you must keep in mind tho is ‘Provenance’. Keep all your records of the sale: your Credit Card receipt, the Email Confirmation, even the Email offering the poster to you from MoveOn. Print them out on acid-free paper, place them in acid-free sheet protectors, and put away for safe keeping. All these things will establish and maintain that what you have is the authentic, special, Limited Edition.
We are proud to own this little piece of history. I hope you are too.
You’re one batty woman.