I was having a conversation with a local gallery owner last week about a customer that came into the gallery.The lady had come into the gallery after seeing a beautiful painting in the front window. She asked how much it was saying that it would look wonderful above her sofa ,and when told it was $3000 dollars she had a look of disappointment on her face.The gallery owner asked her how much her couch was and she replied,"$6000 dollars". The owner began to explain that her couch would only last 7 -10 years and a piece of fine art would last a lifetime.
When buying original art you are getting a life long investment that you can pass on to generations of your family.You also don't have to spend $3000 dollars either.There's ton's of great affordable art from self representing artists like myself.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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3 comments:
That helps puts things in perspective, great post!
Great story about how we have to constantly educate the public/potential customers about the value of investing in artwork and other handcrafted works. Btw - love your work and glad to be following each other on Twitter. You should tweet this post!
- Rachael Brooke
Great Idea, thanks for the comments
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