SKRAPPER

WHY SKRAPPER?

Established in 1999 by artist William Quigley and Pete Francis, founder of the band Dispatch, Skrapper has produced over 100 art and fashion events, including more than 30 summer exhibitions at AB NY Gallery on Newtown Lane in East Hampton since 2013. These events draw hundreds of visitors annually and support a wide range of charitable causes, including Soldier Ride, Guild Hall, Cancer Culture, Boarding for Breast Cancer, Phoenix House, Eleanor Whitmore, The Retreat, East End Hospice, and the 79-year-old Artists and Writers Charity Softball Game.

SkrapperStyle is a socially conscious platform for creative collaborations. The brand functions as a cultural billboard—partnering with artists, influencers, and organizations to build a credible, cross-disciplinary presence across art, fashion, film, and music, supporting charitable causes. Each edition is a reinvention of an original work, channeling Quigley’s restless vision into timeless prints and wearable canvases that blur the lines between art and fashion.

William Quigley: Artist Biography

William Quigley’s work is represented internationally by Cortina Gallery in Barcelona and by the prestigious Bonnier Gallery, a cornerstone of contemporary art since 1837. Bonnier’s historic influence — including helping establish the Chelsea art district by famously convincing Larry Gagosian to move from Soho to Chelsea — underscores the collectible and investment value of Quigley’s work.

Early Career & Seminal Exhibitions

Quigley emerged from the New York art scene in the 1980s. His early career included the sale of over 50 college works to Henry S. McNeil, one of the United States’ leading contemporary art collectors turned dealer, and representation by the visionary Manny Silverman Gallery in Los Angeles. Just out of college, McNeil organized his first major exhibition in June 1985, curated by Bruno Bischofberger, showing alongside 40 of Andy Warhol’s Images of a Child’s World paintings.

In 1992, Quigley exhibited at the LA Art Fair, where Art Basel founder Ernst Beyeler and Galeria Ferran Cano invited him to participate showing 34 works on paper in Art Basel and arranged a six-month painting residency at Joan Miró’s Mallorca studio, now the Fundació Miró Mallorca, through curator Klaus Kertess. Returning to Los Angeles, he founded AB Gallery on Robertson Boulevard in 1994, creating a prominent artist-run space.

Education and Exhibition History

Quigley moved to Chelsea, New York, in 1999, collaborating with Red Bull marketing director and art dealer Arne Zimmerman at Pablos Birthday Gallery until 2009. Together, they launched the now-famous Red Bull / Grey Goose cocktail at an art show on Quigley’s birthday, April 29th, 1999 reflecting his culturally connected and playful approach to events.

From 2016 to the present, he has worked with private dealer Karl Hutter, a former Gagosian and Van de Weghe employee, and from 2018 to 2024, he exhibited with Julie Keyes Gallery, maintaining a strong presence in both East Coast and international contemporary art circuits.

Over the years, Quigley has exhibited alongside seminal postwar and contemporary artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Moses, Anselm Kiefer, George Baselitz, Joan Mitchell, Willem de Kooning, and others. His work was shaped by studies with Alice Neel and Lee Krasner, mentorship from Clement Greenberg and Walter Darby Bannard, and formal training at the Philadelphia College of Art, Tyler School of Art (Temple University), University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts.

Collectors & Market Influence

Quigley’s work is held by over 450 collectors, including Shaquille O’Neal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fabrice Gautier, Henry S. McNeil Foundation, Robert Beal Estate, Sylvester Stallone, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Wayne Gretzky, the Kobe Bryant Foundation, President Bill Clinton, and major foundations such as the Tokita Medici Foundation.

In 2020, he partnered with former Disney executive William E. Quigley to release the WAX Babe Ruth NFT, celebrating Babe Ruth’s 714 career home runs. Priced at $100 per NFT, the edition sold out all 714 NFTs in 38 seconds, and today individual NFTs sell for up to $33,000 depending on rarity.

Quigley’s practice combines street-level authenticity with museum-quality composition. His limited-edition prints provide accessible entry points for collectors, and original paintings together offer long-term investment potential for private collections, galleries, and institutions.

Exclusive Limited Edition Drops

When William Quigley exhibited with Andy Warhol in 1985, many of Warhol’s prints were still affordable — sometimes bought in the hundreds or low thousands. Over time, Warhol’s prints have dramatically appreciated: complete sets of Marilyn Monroe screenprints have sold for $3 million+, individual Superman trial proofs have reached over £500,000 (about $630,000), and other prints in the Endangered Species and Flowers series regularly achieve six‑figure results at Sotheby’s and Christie’s.

Quigley’s limited‑edition prints remain accessible today while demonstrating strong collector interest, notable auction appearances, and celebrity patronage. Like Warhol’s early editions, well‑chosen Quigley prints offer the potential for long‑term cultural and market value as demand continues to grow.

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Iconic Portraits

William Quigley’s portraits of cultural icons bridge museum-quality production with culturally significant subjects, including sports legends, musicians, political figures, and pop culture icons. Notably, he painted a commissioned portrait of Kobe Bryant, which the athlete never saw; limited-edition prints of this work are available through SkrapperStyle, offering collectors a rare opportunity to own a museum-quality piece tied to one of the most iconic figures in sports.

His work has appeared in prominent charity auctions, including the Tanenbaum Divinely Inspired Benefit Auction. A 2011 Audrey Hepburn print sold for $8,800 in 2019, and in 2020, a 1990 work on paper reached $6,600 on ArtNet, reinforcing both cultural relevance and investment potential. Other notable editions include 15 Lin-Manuel Hamilton prints (2017), now nearly sold out, as well as commissions of Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Wayne Gretzky, and Muhammad Ali.

All limited-edition prints are hand-signed, numbered, and produced with master printers and fine-art publishers, providing accessible entry points, while original paintings offer high-end investment potential through gallery representation and auctions. Quigley’s portraits consistently combine scarcity, historical context, and cultural resonance, making them both desirable and collectible.

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Limited-Edition Prints & Proven Market

Audrey (2011, Edition 60): Published $500 → 2012 $1,000 → now up to $10,000. 2 prints remain.

Lincoln (2011, 60): Sold out; secondary $5,000–$7,000.

Lincoln (2015, 16): Sold out; secondary $5,000–$7,000.

Lincoln (2025, Third Edition): Available from studio.

KO / Boxer (2011, 20 sold): Secondary $3,500–$4,000. 4 prints remain.

Michael Jordan (2011): Sold $2,500–$3,000 → now $4,500–$6,000. 3 prints remain.

As editions sell out, their rarity, desirability, and value appreciate. This is more than a print—it is a piece of history to covet. Acquiring the complete suite secures a numbered, signed, and authenticated Quigley edition: not merely ownership, but a claim in modern American art history.

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Skrapper: Legacy and Mission

SkrapperStyle blends downtown New York energy with West Coast creativity, refined through decades of artistic and cultural engagement. Quigley’s studio locations coincided with pivotal historical moments, including 9/11, the Rodney King riots, and the Mets-Yankees World Series year. Since 2013, his Newtown Lane summer exhibitions in East Hampton have drawn hundreds of visitors, becoming a fixture of the local art calendar.

Quigley has connected art and philanthropy in groundbreaking ways. In 2013, he hosted the now-famous Donald Trump portrait auction, benefiting veterans and Guild Hall’s nonprofit arts programs, and launched the first Casamigos Hamptons debut with Soldier Ride / Wounded Warriors, sponsored by Stephen Talkhouse — the first liquor brand to support the initiative.

SkrapperStyle has also made its mark in fashion, producing 15 runway shows during New York Fashion Week, including the first Limelight show since its closure and the first-ever Highline Fashion Week show, produced by Parker and Clayton Calvert in 2015.

SkrapperStyle 2016 Highline Fashion Show Produced by Parker and Clayton Calvert

model: Sara Balint photo: Neil Tandy

-AirMail Weekly, NY

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All limited-edition prints are hand-signed, numbered, and produced with master printers and fine-art publishers, providing accessible entry points, while original paintings offer high-end investment potential through gallery representation and auctions. Quigley’s portraits consistently combine scarcity, historical context, and cultural resonance, making them both desirable and collectible.Proudly crafted in the USA with premium materials

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