"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Start a bidding war with them.Tell the 2nd and 3rd offer that you have a buyer, but if they would be willing to go higher then you would see.
If they are serious offers backed with cash, and you were going for a fair price, take it and be happy you are getting paid for something you love.
Art is all over the place on price. A person can be an artist and struggle to sell for $2000.00 in a great gallery and take some of the same art to a flea market and struggle to get $50.00 It's all in where you you are. Some artist think they are really far better than they are. Others are really better than how they see themselves.If you want to be a $20.00 artist, charge $20.00 and I'm sure you will have tons of customers and half of them will want to get a better price from you.Some tee shirt art is $400-800.00 Authentic "original paintings" that one can hang on a wall and enjoy each night? I think it's worth more than a tee shirt job (just for that fact). Then you have the questions of, the quality of the art/difficulty/time invested.If you've got 20 hours in it at various times but totals 20 Hrs, then thats $35.00 per hr.I always consider what I need (want) per hour on each job. Some 1 color jobs are $60.00 and some 1 color jobs are $150.00 depending on time invested.I entered a local art show just for fun a few years back after I was laid off. I thought I might take that rout. So I entered but you also had to put a price on it incase you wanted to sell it. The price ranges were all well over $500.00 on each one. Most were beginners spreading their wings and with about 30% really god artist and another 5% were TOPs. So, the beginners were charging prices of a min of $500.00 Some were priced at $3000.00 for some of the best. Mine was apparently worth mentioning as I won honorable mention. lol. I priced it very high for me, only because I really didn't have a stock pile of original paintings and didn't want to part with it. I think I put something like $2000.00 on it. Who knows when I'll do another. LOL So if someone wanted it, they' would have to pay a high price. Nobody even made an offer. Shucks. I'd at least wanted the chance to say no.Now, lets talk business. Since you have proven that you have something that is apparently likable by many. Why not have it reproduced on a digital printer as a Giclee print. It is pretty economical investment and you can get print after print. 1 or 25. The scan and any correction might cost $200-300 and each print might be near $25-$40 for low quantity orders. If you order about 100, the price seems to be near $3-5 per. Then, you sell limited editions that are A, more affordable to the consumer and B, you make more money on over the long run (AND), still own the rights to and can sell usage rights on other "Royalty free" stock art websites. So what was a $700.00 painting, is now a $700.00 per year painting.Hey, that sounds so good, I should do that.?
Quote from: Gilligan on April 05, 2012, 02:43:50 PMStart a bidding war with them.Tell the 2nd and 3rd offer that you have a buyer, but if they would be willing to go higher then you would see.On Craigslist, if you ask for $775, you are morally obligated to sell to the first person who comes up with that. If you want folks to bid, use an auction service..