Listed (Painting) Artists and Prices?
Ned R
What are the commonly used price guides for
American and European listed artists?
Would you rather prefer to use an Internet service?
I know the first one is a broad sicussion, hence the
newsgroup may come real handy.
DNALJM
Generally the artist fixes hir own price based on materials, labor, and past
sales. Then the gallery will double it, or even add 60-75%. You leave the
painting there on consignment and sign a contract that it is your property but
it is insured (hopefully).
Most "no name" artists get 100-550 for a good painting. Having a volume
or body of work in a show will increase sales, probably because people are more
inclined to think of it as a good investment.
>What are the commonly used price guides for
>American and European listed artists?
Not really sure but I would guess prices in the past, things that add to the
artist's reputation such as awards, juried shows, teaching position, and the
promotion of the show or work. The artist I work for just uses the reputation
of the gallery she shows with, she's from Russia, and gets 5-10k a painting.
However, the gallery has not paid her in over a year and now she has to go to
court. : (
>Would you rather prefer to use an Internet service?
>
I prefer to use word of mouth and do my own promotions. But to get top
dollar you have to play the gallery game. Internet and auctions will get you
the least amount of money and attention. There is just too much art out there
and it requires too big an investment of time to sort through it all. Plus the
photographs can be altered and sometimes don't represent the object faithfully.
I have a very cheap camera without a memory card so I offer a money back
return policy. The surface quality and handling is sadly lost in the digital
images.
Jane