Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/21

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Subject: [Leica] PRINT SALES AND SMILE'S :-)
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sat Oct 21 07:11:22 2006

Or maybe some more seminars?

Gene


-------------- Original message from "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com>: 
-------------- 


> Ted, 
> Good go. Now maybe SWMBO will consider favorably the near certain 
> acquisition of 3 M8's. :) 
> 
> Don 
> don.dory@gmail.com 
> 
> 
> On 10/20/06, Ted Grant wrote: 
> > 
> > Oh there's good news tonight boys and girls!!!!!! Hot damn it doesn't 
> > get 
> > much better unless you win the lottery. :-) 
> > 
> > It's pretty rare for me to sell prints of my work as I never considered 
> > myself an "art photographer." :-) However a local art gallery was 
> > putting 
> > together a show and had 3 fine "art photographers" signed on and would I 
> > like to hang something? First re-action was... "Who the heck would by my 
> > pictures as they're photojournalism not art?" 
> > 
> > So I had 13 prints hung last week, this afternoon the Gallery lady 
> > called 
> > and told me 5 pints had been sold at...... $750. 00 each!:-) So if you 
> > guys 
> > want to call me "ted the artiest!" ;-) I think I can handle it for 
> > $750.00 
> > per print. 
> > 
> > Not only that but she said when she changes this show for the Christmas 
> > show 
> > she would like to keep what she has and if I'd like to hang new photos 
> > she 
> > would be only too pleased.:-) Oh geeesh the thought of a nice Christmas 
> > present! ;-) 
> > 
> > Hell maybe there's economic life for an old photojournalist after all. 
> > :-) 
> > 
> > It's just sharing good news folks. :-) 
> > 
> > ted 
> > 
> > 
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