Okay...

[silverthorne]

Need an opinion from some folks who would have a better idea than me at this point of what to charge for a piece of art.

I know at least three of you have seen my dragon print that I did way back in 1991 (Clue, you were there when I inked the little bugger in Carol's Texas apt.).

I have a trucker friend who's interested in buying a print of it to take to a friend as a tattoo pattern. I know he's the type to keep his word when he says he'll destroy the print once the tattoo is on, and not leave a copy for the tattoist to reuse.

Question is...how much should I charge him for the print? And...any other thoughts from the art-selling savvy amoungst you?

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[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was thinking somewhere between 10-20, but I wasn't sure if that was too high or too low. I have next to no name artistically speaking, and it'll be a cheap print of a piece of work that people can buy elsewhere (and destroyable), so going for the high dollar price seems both dishonest and greedy to me. I mean, he saw the old, dusty grey-paper print on my desk cubical, but all I would be giving him is a cardstock copy, which I can make, more or less, free at home. It just has to survive the 'ink copier' at the tattoo shop, and that's it.

Now, if I'd had a decade's worth of 'name' behind me, that would be different (of course, if that were the case, hopefully by then I'd have a really good idea of what my work was worth anyway. *g*), and I might consider selling it for more (or seriously suggest to him that he let me design one specifically for him).