Digital BW, The Print

The reason they are so hung up about it is because it is the pure economics
of their work - how many can I sell at what price depending on which
covenant and will that be enough for me to pay my bills.  Capitalism at its
purest.  The reason why it is so difficult is because you are trying to
price pure human creativity - rather than a good which has a known cost and
where one can at least partially evaluate barriers to competitive entry.


> From: Mark Savoia <mark@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:27:19 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] limited editions
> 
> 
> These are the artist I give the article to, not the art buyers.
> 
> Some artists are SO hung up on what to do for editions it's amazing.
> They worry about it more then their art. It is just there to give them
> another perspective and help them make up there mind how many prints
> they want me to print. It is obviously a big issue, hence this current
> thread.
> Mark
> 
> On Mar 11, 2005, at 7:12 AM, Djon wrote:
> 
>>  Interesting way to treat people who ask a question that's typical of
>>  experienced art buyers.
>> 
>>> I toss it at my customers when they ask me any "edition" questions.
>>> Really confuses them (in a nice way) :)
>>> Mark
>> 
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