unstrung65 opened this issue on May 07, 2004 ยท 18 posts
MGD posted Fri, 07 May 2004 at 9:51 PM
I have a portfolio of 22 images dry mounted on 16x20. These were exposed in the late 1970's through about 1984. I was using the downtown location of ModernAge on Vesey Street for processing. They were able to display about 20-30 works in the sales area. I asked about it, submitted about 50 images and was told I qualified to exhibit there and would exhibit the following month. Betwen selecting, printing, reprinting, cropping, mounting, etc. ... it took about a month ... and about $1000. The portfolio has been in 2 other non-juried shows, a local art show last year, and also lobby art at ADP hq. In all of those, I wasn't trying to sell anything. Within the past few weeks, I have located the negatives for that portfolio -- in my house, nothing is ever lost ... it just rests somewhere 'till I really need it. Now that I have those negatives in hand, I will try selling at shows and craft festivals. One thought ... people like to bargain for a lower price ... you like to make a profit ... set your prices so that both objectives are met. MGD