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What is the best way to sell original art, other than by getting ripped off by going through a gallery? |
Most galleries take at least a 50% commission, yet make the artist pay to frame the piece as well! If a painting sells for $1,000. retail, yet I put $200, into having it properly framed & matted, I have only made $300. on that sale! Upscale flea markets.i was going to suggest ebay, but your work might be too advanced for that...sorry! My friend gets word-of-mouth referrals. Sometimes friends buy his already painted piece and then someone will commission him to paint something. He only has the pieces framed and matted that he is certain can only be done in one way to compliment the piece or if the person who requisitioned the piece asks him to. you can always make a web page displaying ur art. use pay pal to get paid and fedex 3 day shipping is about the cheapest and they cut u great deals when u ship a lot with them. good luck. oh yeah u can try selling outside ur house knew a lady who did that. Also flea markets, garage sales for ur smaller pieces. There are also gallaries online you can check out. If the artist has name recognition, you can use eBay. Or like the 1st answer suggests, upscale flea markets, and also art festivals/fairs. Anyone with art can rent a booth at a festival. The other option is to allow the artist to help you sell it to his collectors, and pay him a commission on the sale, maybe 30-40%. Artists get ripped off the most often by galleries, so I'm sure that he'd be sympathetic to you, and it would let him make money off of his own art without having to do produce a piece. Well quite frankly ASSUMING your work is good.... You should put ads in the newspaper, build a site to sell it, or if you have enough money open up your own shop... Honestly though untill you get the money I would put ads in the paper or build a website... Get the word out there that youre selling art and from then on you shoould start selling them pretty fast. Also if you do this then you dont have 50% taken out... If you need some one to build a site for you, you can e mail me at o0lolipop0o@hotmail.com and I will give you the name of someone who does them on a daily basis... GOOD LUCK |
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