tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post5037393156609566200..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: The art business waltz, lesson 10Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-90435944082226787602010-07-01T04:52:52.634-04:002010-07-01T04:52:52.634-04:00Blogging's hard work. Blogging well is harder...Blogging's hard work. Blogging well is harder still. <br /><br />I read about some N.E. artists recruited away from their Boston reps by New York galleries. Sounds like they could live to regret it. It's not as if New York collectors can't find Boston. Unless Manhattenites are really that insular. <br /><br />Thanks for giving us a peek under the hood. <br />--CRccreed50https://www.blogger.com/profile/14191760248165022869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-44794544093072992572009-06-27T02:22:48.383-04:002009-06-27T02:22:48.383-04:00hey Stape, just amazing.. i am an amature artist (...hey Stape, just amazing.. i am an amature artist (i have not sold anything yet) from india and there is so much of insights in your blog. just fantastic. i will post you my painting's linkUllas KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912874293754404488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-7034337748694229322009-06-08T00:50:35.690-04:002009-06-08T00:50:35.690-04:00Jennifer;
The point is, I think to get to make th...Jennifer;<br /><br />The point is, I think to get to make the art. If selling it in the fairs is working for you, great! I am glad to hear you are doing well with that. I have recommended on this blog that people give that a shot. I always enjoyed doing those.<br />Even if you do mostly outdoor fairs I would suggest you keep one gallery in order just to learn the system. I have some dealers I truly enjoy knowing.But don't let dealers pressure you into doing what you dislike, they work for you, you don't work for them.<br />........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-19193068077144876132009-06-07T01:36:16.308-04:002009-06-07T01:36:16.308-04:00Kev:
Thank you so much.When people pop in and say ...Kev:<br />Thank you so much.When people pop in and say things like that it feels worthwhile. I sit up late after each workday and put this thing out, all alone in my studio. I never actually SEE anybody read it.<br />I have tried to ask myself as I write each post, will this be useful to the artists who read it? <br /> Writing the blog feels like sneaking into the park every night and leaving notes tacked to the trees for strangers to read in the morning when I am gone.<br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-80552558872865297422009-06-06T22:18:49.139-04:002009-06-06T22:18:49.139-04:00I just wanted to pop in and say thanks. This is on...I just wanted to pop in and say thanks. This is one of the great art blogs on the net. <br /><br />kevkev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-65503222670662287162009-06-06T22:00:54.599-04:002009-06-06T22:00:54.599-04:00Deb;
If you are selling out, or nearly selling out...Deb;<br />If you are selling out, or nearly selling out your exhibits it is time to go up.<br />Tacky art sells better than good art, more people are tacky than good.<br />.................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-73547556486856177622009-06-06T21:57:20.047-04:002009-06-06T21:57:20.047-04:00Willek:
I think all of those methods are good, the...Willek:<br />I think all of those methods are good, the important thing is to be consistant. Wild variations in price frighten customers because it makes your pricing seem arbitrary.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-13845753403662875712009-06-06T18:45:24.747-04:002009-06-06T18:45:24.747-04:00great post as usual. Love those Shiskins. "...great post as usual. Love those Shiskins. "Morning in a Pine Forest" has always been a favorite of mine. I don't know the title of that last one, but man! what great light and feeling of outside in the forest! <br />I liked your 10% idea for raising prices. I've purposely kept mine pretty reasonable, mostly because I'm still relatively new at this, and I'd like to build a "collector base" if you want to call it that. In several instances though lately, I've sold out, or nearly sold out, at exhibits. I think it is time to go up a little, and 10% seems like a good place to start.<br />It's appalling sometimes for what prices tacky art sells, so I try not to compare too much - more power to them if they can get big bucks for lousy stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-10608087857203903842009-06-06T15:44:30.522-04:002009-06-06T15:44:30.522-04:00Hey, stape. We are still out here and reading your...Hey, stape. We are still out here and reading your every word. It is just very important and helpful information from a guy in the trenches who knows his where-with-all. A young man I took lessons from years ago talked about pricing this way: Work it out on an hourly rate or work it out by the square inch, or work it out on a market will bear, or work it out on a "rather have " basis. That is, would you rather have $100 or the picture? The picture. Would you rather have $500 or the picture? The picture. Would you rather have $2000 or the picture? The $2000!! And I price my things like this sometimes. This is a good way, though to amass a great collection of your own stuff. which I have. Along with stuff my wife and family wont let me part with. That jacks the price way up because of the havoc parting with one of these favorites would cause in the family. <br />Great job, Stape. Thanks so much.<br />The Shiskins are beautiful, I had not known of him. <br /><br /> WillEKwillekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.com