Supreme’s ascent from neighborhood cult favorite to auction star is a master class in brand marketing, based on creating hard-to-build desire. Launched in New York City in 1994, the iconic streetwear brand with a subversive attitude has attracted a following that ranges from downtown skaters to fashion's elite.
After a short-lived stint as a salesman for downtown Manhattan store Parachute and running a Stüssy branch as well as his own retail outlet, Union, British ex-pat James Jebbia opened Supreme, “the cool, cool shop … no big brands or anything.” The founder and director sold skateboards and sneakers, beanies, tees and hoodies while movies like Mean Streets and loud hip-hop played in the background, attracting a young downtown crowd of skateboarders, artists and entrepreneurs who found the store’s counterculture ethos appealing.
With success came brand collaborations big and small — all tightly controlled by Jebbia, who is renowned for unfailing business instincts — ensuring waiting lists and lines at new product launches. A 2012 partnership with Comme des Garçons brought Supreme avant-garde fashion followers with deeper pockets.
“I don’t think enough people take risks, and when you do, people respond — in music, in art, in fashion,” Jebbia told Vogue. He seemed to be taking a risk working with big brands. But although some fans accused him of selling out with Supreme’s Fall/Winter 2017 collaboration with Louis Vuitton, most did not, including the winning bidder for the Malle trunk at Christie’s.
A curated “Artist Series” of Supreme skate decks was inaugurated in 2001 when the then-not-so-famous street artist KAWS, aka Brian Donnelly, designed his Chum boards, a pair of which, signed, went for $32,000, four times their estimate, at the “Handbags X Hype” sale. The series now includes creations by Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Damien Hirst, the Chapman Brothers and George Condo.
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$400Sale Price|20% Off
Martin Wong Supreme set of 2 skateboard decks (Martin Wong Supreme)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Martin Wong Supreme Skateboard Decks, 2019 (set of 2): – 'Big Heat', 1986. – 'Iglesia Pentecostal', 1986. Set of 2 limited edition Martin Wong skateboard p...
Wood, Screen
Supreme skateboard decks set of 2 works (Supreme New York)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Supreme Skateboard Decks, 2019 (set of 2 works): A standout Supreme skateboard deck set featuring the Supreme logo and a printed World Famous logo on front. Strong vibrant colors and classic imagery that combines for unique pop wall art that hangs with ease. Medium: Silkscreen on Maple Wood. 2019. Dimensions: 31.5 x 8 in. (applies to each individual work). Printed Supreme logo on front & reverse (applies to each). New in original packaging, excellent overall condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Supreme New York. From a sold out limited edition of unknown. Related Categories Damien Hirst. Andy Warhol. Supreme. 1980s Pop Art. Street Art. Skate Art.
Wood, Screen
Supreme Nose Bleed Rita Ackermann Supreme skateboard deck, 2019
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rita Ackermann Supreme skateboard deck, 2019 (Supreme Nose Bleed): A stand out Supreme Rita Ackermann skateboard deck featuring Ackermann's work "Nose Bleed" and a classic Supreme Wo...
Wood, Screen
Martin Wong Supreme skateboard deck (Martin Wong Supreme), 2019
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Martin Wong Supreme Skateboard Decks, 2019: – featuring – Martin Wong 'Iglesia Pentecostal', 1986. Limited edition Martin Wong skateboard published by Supreme New York in 2019 incor...
Wood, Screen
Marvin Gaye "Whats Going on" Supreme Collaboration Digital Print on Skatedeck
By Supreme
Located in Draper, UT
“Woah, mercy mercy me.” In week 17 of their FW18 drop schedule, Supreme paid homage to The Prince Of Soul himself, Marvin Gaye. This Marvin Gaye Skateboard features imagery similar t...
Wood Panel
SUPREME skateboard deck set of 3 works (Supreme skate decks 2019)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Supreme Skateboard Decks complete Set of 3 works, 2019: A stand out skate triptych set featuring the Supreme logo in smoke letters. Features a printed World Famous Supreme logo. Each...
Wood, Screen
Starry Night Party - Original Wall Sculpture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Uri Dushy's pop art piece stands out as a testament to his decades-long exploration of art's origins, blending artistic genres to forge provocative and captivating creations. This pi...
Metal
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.5 in W 11.35 in
Over Thinking Will Fucking Kill You Screen Print CB HOYO Urban Art Street
By CB Hoyo
Located in Draper, UT
CB Hoyo’s irreverent multidisciplinary practice—which spans painting, sculpture, and installation—approaches art-world fraud, forgery, and hype with a sense of humor. The self-taught...
Screen
$2,500
H 51.25 in W 51.25 in
Science is Truth Found Out (Red), Limited 1st Edition signed silk twill scarf
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Science is Truth Found Out (Red) Limited Edition scarf , held in bespoke box, 2022 Limited Edition 100% silk twill scarf, bearing Ruscha's authorized signature on both the ...
Cotton, Silk, Mixed Media, Screen
$3,400
H 31 in W 8 in D 0.4 in
Yayoi Kusama - With all My Flowering Heart Skateboard Triptych, 3 Skate Decks
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Yayoi Kusama With All My Flowering Heart (Triptych), 2014 Set of Three (3) Separate Limited Edition numbered skate decks on 7-ply Canadian maple wood 31 × 8 × 2/5 inches (each) Hand ...
Wood, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Screen
$1,000
H 16.1 in W 16.1 in
David Hockney, The Rake's Progress 100% Silk British Pocket Scarf in bespoke box
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney The Rake's Progress Silk Pocket Scarf, ca. 2020 100% silk scarf made in Italy and printed in the UK, held in the original presentation box 16 1/10 × 16 1/10 inches Bear...
Silk, Screen
Art, from American Signs portfolio
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Art, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and...
Screen
$902Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.17 in Dm 11.82 in
Life, Pop Contemporary Wall Sculpture with Sky-Colored Stream and Painted Tube
By Vera Vizzi
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This vibrant sculpured painting titled "Life" is a contemporary mixed media wall sculpture by Italian artist Vera Vizzi, exploring the symbolic and emotional resonance of transformat...
Wire
Water Lilies
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in New York, NY
Published in 1990 by Rosenthal, Germany, Roy Lichtenstein’s, Water Lilies is an exquisite glazed porcelain charger, brilliantly colored, accompanied by signed certification. Stamp si...
Porcelain, Screen
$55,000
H 24.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.25 in
God Save the Queen, Signed work on wood panel, AP aside from edition of 6
By Shepard Fairey
Located in New York, NY
This is a unique proof, aside from the edition of only 6 on wood panel (there was a separate larger edition of paper - this is the rare wood panel example): Shepard Fairey God Save t...
Wood Panel, Screen
$18,000
H 14.5 in W 18 in D 2 in
Richard Pettibone - The Appropriation Warhol, Stella Lichtenstein, Unique Signed
By Richard Pettibone
Located in New York, NY
Richard Pettibone The Appropriation Print Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, 1970 Silkscreen in colors on masonite board (unique variant on sculpted board) Hand-signed by a...
Masonite, Pencil, Screen
$3,163
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in
Light Haze Day - Japanese, Contemporary, Gold, Pop Art
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in London, GB
3 x skateboard decks Each deck measure approx. 31x8in (80x20cm) Made of 7-ply Grade A Canadian Maple wood 3 x Sk8ology Invisible Floating Skateboard Deck Snap Display wall mount incl...
Wood, Screen
Cow
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on wallpaper, 1971. Printed by Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York. Published for a Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum by Factory Additions, New Yor...
Screen
Martin Wong Supreme skateboard deck (Martin Wong Supreme), 2019
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Martin Wong Supreme Skateboard Decks, 2019: – featuring – 'Iglesia Pentecostal', 1986. Limited edition Martin Wong skateboard published by Supreme New York in 2019 incorporating the...
Wood, Screen
Cindy Sherman Skateboard Decks (Supreme)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Cindy Sherman Supreme Skateboard decks: Born out of the collaboration between Cindy Sherman and Supreme in 2017, this set of 2 skateboard decks, features imagery from Sherman's much ...
Wood, Screen
Sold
H 31.5 in W 8 in D 1 in
Supreme Nose Bleed Rita Ackermann Supreme skateboard deck, 2019
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rita Ackermann Supreme skateboard deck, 2019 (Supreme Nose Bleed): A stand out Supreme Rita Ackermann skateboard deck featuring Ackermann's work "Nose B...
Wood, Screen
Sold
H 31.5 in W 8 in D 1 in
SUPREME skateboard deck set of 3 works (Supreme skate decks 2019)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Supreme Skateboard Decks complete Set of 3 works, 2019: A stand out skate triptych set featuring the Supreme logo in smoke letters. Features a printed World Famous Supreme logo. Each...
Wood, Screen
Mark Gonzales Supreme skateboard deck (Supreme skate deck)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Mark Gonzales Supreme Skateboard Deck 2017: Dimensions: 31.5 x 8 x 0.5 in. (80.01 x 20.32 cm). Medium: Offset print on Maple Wood. Printed artist signature & Supreme logo on reverse. New in its original packaging, excellent overall condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Supreme New York. From a sold out limited edition of unknown. Mark Gonzales (b. Southern California 1968) Mark Gonzales aka Gonz, first entered the skateboarding world at the age of 13, and by the age of 16 he had featured on the cover of Thrasher, riding an Alva board. He soon switched to Vision, where he graduated to pro status and won the 1985 Oceanside street contest. He is often described as the greatest skateboarder of all time, and even more often as the most influential, and is undoubtedly a true pioneer of modern street skateboarding. Gonz’s affiliation with Supreme goes way back to the stores beginning on Lafayette Street, NYC. Whenever overseas on skate trips, Mark would often send postcards to the late Harold Hunter and the rest of the crew at “Supream” (his misspelling), featuring his own doodles and musings, some of which would later make it on to items of clothing from the brand. The Gonz...
Screen, Wood
Supreme skateboard deck by Mark Gonzales (Mark Gonzales Supreme)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Mark Gonzales Supreme Skateboard Deck 2017: Dimensions: 31.5 x 8 x 0.5 in. (80.01 x 20.32 cm). Medium: Offset print on Maple Wood. Printed artist signature & Supreme logo on reverse. New in its original packaging, excellent overall condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Supreme New York. From a sold out limited edition of unknown. Mark Gonzales (b. Southern California 1968) Mark Gonzales aka Gonz, first entered the skateboarding world at the age of 13, and by the age of 16 he had featured on the cover of Thrasher, riding an Alva board. He soon switched to Vision, where he graduated to pro status and won the 1985 Oceanside street contest. He is often described as the greatest skateboarder of all time, and even more often as the most influential, and is undoubtedly a true pioneer of modern street skateboarding. Gonz’s affiliation with Supreme goes way back to the stores beginning on Lafayette Street, NYC. Whenever overseas on skate trips, Mark would often send postcards to the late Harold Hunter and the rest of the crew at “Supream” (his misspelling), featuring his own doodles and musings, some of which would later make it on to items of clothing from the brand. The Gonz...
Screen, Wood
Sold
H 31.5 in W 8 in D 1 in
Gilbert & George Supreme skateboard decks: set of 3 (Gilbert & George pictures)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Complete Set of 3 Gilbert & George Supreme Skateboard Decks (New in original packaging): A stand out skate triptych paying homage to Gilbert & George's 1984 Pictures series, through ...
Screen, Wood
Cindy Sherman Skateboard Decks (Supreme)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Cindy Sherman Supreme Skateboard decks: Born out of the collaboration between Cindy Sherman and Supreme in 2017, this set of 2 skateboard decks, features imagery from Sherman's much ...
Wood, Screen
Mark Gonzales Supreme skateboard deck (Supreme skate deck)
By Supreme
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Mark Gonzales Supreme Skateboard Deck 2017: Dimensions: 31.5 x 8 x 0.5 in. (80.01 x 20.32 cm). Medium: Offset print on Maple Wood. Printed artist signature & Supreme logo on reverse. New in its original packaging, excellent overall condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Supreme New York. From a sold out limited edition of unknown. Mark Gonzales (b. Southern California 1968) Mark Gonzales aka Gonz, first entered the skateboarding world at the age of 13, and by the age of 16 he had featured on the cover of Thrasher, riding an Alva board. He soon switched to Vision, where he graduated to pro status and won the 1985 Oceanside street contest. He is often described as the greatest skateboarder of all time, and even more often as the most influential, and is undoubtedly a true pioneer of modern street skateboarding. Gonz’s affiliation with Supreme goes way back to the stores beginning on Lafayette Street, NYC. Whenever overseas on skate trips, Mark would often send postcards to the late Harold Hunter and the rest of the crew at “Supream” (his misspelling), featuring his own doodles and musings, some of which would later make it on to items of clothing from the brand. The Gonz...
Screen, Wood