Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art)
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:50:35 -0500
References: <310B62141943D111845E00600808E14E0240057F@EXCHANGE>

What if a find a diamond mind on my property.  Does de Beers have the right
to complain to me that by my selling the diamonds for $100 per carat, I'm
ruining the market for the guys who do it for a living by selling them for
$10,000 per carat?

dan c.

At 03:34 PM 11-03-02 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote:
>I think "inhibiting" is a bit harsh, but I think that the point Tina is
>making is one that has been made here before - albiet quite a while ago -
>and that is that when folks who don't depend upon their
>photography/painting/sculpture/writing/computer programing to make a living
>price it well below the market when compared to those who do those things to
>make a living, it makes earning a living pretty difficult for the
>full-timers: particularly when the seller is someone like Kyle, whose
>photographic work is better than that of a goodly percentage of the
>full-time "pros" out there.
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of BOB KRAMER
>Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 3:19 PM
>To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
>Subject: RE: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art)
>
>
>Tina, are you saying Kyle's pricing of his goth girl image is inhibiting
>other photographers' ability to make a living?  A am I reading this right,
>or did you mean something else?
>
>BK
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@InfoAve.Net]
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art)
>>
>> Kyle -
>>
>> Not a flame - just pointing out that you do not earn your living from
>> selling your art.  I think you do something with computers :-)
>>
>> Those of us who are trying to earn our living selling
>> photographs can't
>> compete with pricing by those who do it for a hobby.
>>
>> Tina
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Replies: Reply from Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca> (Re: SV: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art))
In reply to: Message from BOB KRAMER <BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com> (RE: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art))