Need help on pricing Art Glass

[Milan]

Hello All:

I am planning to import Art Glass from Sweden from a local artist.
Specifically, these are votive candle holders which are hand formed,
NOT BLOWN. Each piece is unique. They are sandblown to create
single-tone and two-tone colors. Unfortunately, I don;t have pictures
yet. Still in development stage. But want this groups input or
guidance in what would be a good price range that people may purchase.

Any input will help. Thank you

Regards

Milan

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"Milan" <milan2...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> what would be a good price range that people may purchase.

Common sense dictates no-one would / should be able to answer your question
Milan.
Based on my next sentence below, the people you ask haven't seen it, touched
it, etc.

> Each piece is unique

Based on this Milan, many marketers would say 'sell for what the market will
bear'. Test it out at different prices, sometimes people perceive
individuality of a piece and value by price. Too low, it seems not good
enough for their taste, double the price they perceive worth.

Higher volume, production line type manufactured products are more likely to
be priced on a cost + profit margin required basis, but if truly unique sell
in the * right place * for the highest price the market will bear (with
sales levels - demand - that keep up with supply, or maybe outstrip it a
little).

Hope this helps.

[Mike Firth]

Well, begin by fixing your terminology.

> Specifically, these are votive candle holders which are hand formed,
> NOT BLOWN. Each piece is unique. They are sandblown to create

either they are "sandblown" or they are "NOT BLOWN"
if they are hand formed, then are they cast into a sand form and pressed
to shape the interior?
are they then reheated to further shape?

> Specifically, these are votive candle holders

Okay, these are small vases - small (3-6") because medium (8-10") or
large (12-18") is not going to have much effect from a votive candle. As I
learned and is mentioned on my web site, votive candles burn for a very long
time if the wax contained, as it is in the traditional glass cup not much
bigger than the candle, and go out fairly quickly if the wax is allowed to
spread. So either there is supplemental holder (i.e. a cheap pressed glass
item) of the votive candle - which can produce very nice effects in a
small-medium piece - or the inside bottom is formed to just the shape of the
candle - about 1.25" diameter by 2" deep.
If there is a supplemental holder, then these are competing with any
glass vase that a person might put such holder in. $20-40. If there is not,
then the scale of the piece must be small to get the sand formed portion of
the piece in the area of the candle flame. $20-30
On the other hand, if these are formed to religious images to be sold to
people who light votive candles for religious purposes - $10-20.
I hope there is something REALLY unique that quickly becomes obvious on
the shelf if you are planning on charging more.

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Mike Firth
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