Shepard Fairey — Hello My Name Is Andre (2019): A Collector's Guide
The most disposable object of introduction, turned into a manifesto.
A blank name badge. The Andre the Giant face. The sticker that started everything, framed like a monument.
This is Shepard Fairey's Hello My Name Is Andre, a signed and numbered 2019 screen print, 115/550. This guide covers why this image is a keystone in Fairey's whole practice, how the edition works, what backs its authenticity, and what recent comparables suggest about the market.
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What you are actually looking at
This print returns to the root of Fairey's entire visual language: the face of Andre the Giant, the wrestler whose image launched the Andre the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign in 1989 and eventually mutated into the global OBEY GIANT phenomenon.
By framing that icon inside the humble format of a “Hello My Name Is” name tag, Fairey turns a private joke into a manifesto. The name tag is the most disposable object of introduction there is — and here it becomes a monument, collapsing the distance between a throwaway sticker and a fine-art edition.
The composition leans on Fairey's signature red, cream, and black palette, with the heavy sans-serif lettering and ornamental borders that give his work its propaganda-poster authority. It is a piece about self-reference and the mythology of the artist's own brand — a wink at how a single stylized face became one of the most recognizable marks in street art. Collectors read it as a keystone image: the piece that names the movement it helped create.
Closing the loop on the sticker campaign
To understand why this image carries weight, you have to go back to the beginning. Fairey's practice did not start with fine-art editions; it started with the Andre the Giant Has a Posse stickers slapped across public space in the late 1980s. Those stickers were an experiment in what happens when an image is repeated relentlessly until it becomes a presence.
Hello My Name Is folds that entire history into a single frame. It takes the blank adhesive name badge — a symbol of anonymous identification — and turns it into a vehicle for the OBEY icon. The disposable sticker aesthetic, the propaganda face, and the question of identity and branding that has driven Fairey's work since the late 1980s all sit in one composition. For a collector, that self-referential quality is the appeal: it is Fairey narrating his own origin story.
Shepard Fairey, in one paragraph
Shepard Fairey (b. 1970) is one of the most influential American artists of his generation. He emerged from the 1990s skateboarding and street-art scene with his OBEY Giant campaign — an experiment in propaganda and public space that grew into a global visual language. His 2008 Barack Obama “Hope” portrait became one of the most recognizable political images in modern history. His work is held by the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum, LACMA, and the Smithsonian. New editions release through his OBEY studio and routinely sell out and trade on the secondary market.
The edition and how it reached the market
This is a screen print on cream Speckletone paper, released in 2019 as a signed and numbered edition of 550, hand-numbered 115/550 in pencil by Fairey, distributed through his standard editioned channel via obeygiant.com.
An edition of 550 is a defined, finite run, and the fraction — 115 of 550 — tells you the sheet's exact position within it. The pencil signature and numbering together are the primary marks of a genuine signed impression, and on an image this tied to Fairey's brand mythology, the numbered edition is what separates the collectible print from the sticker it references.
Authentication: what actually backs a Fairey
This is the part collectors most often get wrong, so read it carefully.
Shepard Fairey does not issue an artist certificate of authenticity, and there is no third-party authentication board for his work — no Fairey equivalent of Banksy's Pest Control. That is not a gap specific to this print. It is how the entire Fairey market operates.
Authenticity for a signed-and-numbered Fairey rests on three things: the pencil signature and numbering, the physical characteristics of the edition — paper stock, color, print process — and provenance. This release is documented in the Gauntlet Gallery Shepard Fairey reference archive. Be skeptical of anyone selling a Fairey with a claim of “third-party authentication” or a certificate implying an official board signed off. No such board exists for his prints.
Condition: what to check, and why photographs matter
Condition drives value on paper works more than most first-time buyers expect. On a print like this, watch the brightness of the cream stock, any handling creases or corner dings, the margins around the signature and number, and whether the sheet has ever been trimmed or light-exposed.
Because condition is specific to the individual sheet, treat the listing photographs as part of the condition description, not decoration. The images show the actual piece you will receive. Zoom into the corners and the pencil signature and numbering. We do not assign a numeric grade here; the photographs are the honest record.
What the market says
Now the numbers — restrained, because this is context, not a promise.
Recent signed-and-numbered comparables for Hello My Name Is span roughly $65 to $291, with a median near $145. That band reflects condition, numbering, and the venue of each sale.
A few caveats to hold onto. These are directional secondary-market figures, not an appraisal, and they vary sale to sale. Market data ages, too — the ranges above reflect data last reviewed in 2026. The honest summary is that this is a widely recognized image with a real, liquid secondary market, and no one can promise where any specific piece goes next.
Who this piece is for
Two kinds of collector tend to reach for this print. The Fairey completist wants it because it is arguably the most self-aware image in his catalog — the piece that names the whole OBEY project. The origin-story buyer wants it because it packs the Andre-the-Giant sticker history into one accessible, signed frame.
If you simply love the wit of a name tag as a monument, that is a valid reason to own it.
Frequently asked questions
Is it signed and numbered? Yes — hand-signed and numbered 115/550 in pencil by Shepard Fairey.
What year is it? 2019.
Why does the Andre face matter? It is the root image of Fairey's practice — from the 1989 Andre the Giant Has a Posse stickers to the global OBEY GIANT campaign.
Does it come with a certificate? Fairey issues no artist COA and there is no third-party board for his prints. Authenticity rests on the signature and numbering, the documented edition characteristics, and provenance.
What is it worth? Recent comparables span roughly $65–$291 with a median near $145 — directional secondary-market figures, not an appraisal, last reviewed in 2026.
How is it shipped? Ships flat-rolled in a heavy-duty tube, protected in an archival sleeve, and fully insured.
The bottom line
Hello My Name Is Andre is Fairey pointing at his own foundation: the disposable sticker that became a global brand, reframed as a fine-art edition that names the movement it helped create. Signed and numbered 115/550 and dated to 2019, it is a keystone image for anyone who wants the OBEY origin story on their wall.
If it's the piece for you, the individual sheet — its number, its condition, its documentation — is where the decision actually lives.
