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?

Comments

[rebl1969.livejournal.com]

$100

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

I'd say, since what you're selling is one-time right-of-use for the design, and not a print that's to be put up on someone's wall and displayed, that something low and simple would be appropriate. I mean he's already going to have to pay someone else to put it on him.

Now that said, I have seen tattoo designs sold for $250, but they were custom work, done by high dollar pros, and intended that they'd never be sold to anybody else, so that's kind of a different matter.

I think perhaps you ought to ask him what he's comfortable paying.

If I were selling what amounts to an unmounted, unmatted photocopy of one of my pictures, I'd have a price in mind somewhere between five and ten bucks, but I'd want to see what he thought of paying first. Kind of like a hold out bid on ebay, yaknow?