Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congrats Ken! That'll pay for a few carbon fiber titanium enhanced lens caps! I never found what my final bids were on my deals like that but my hunch is it was way less than an even grand!! On 9/20/16 7:39 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > My largest print sale was an 11x14 b&w silver print, for $1,000. I felt > pretty good about it, almost like a vindication of my time and cost learning > photography. That was in retrospect, as I actually don't remember that much > of the event. it was a sale at a charity auction with an open bar, toward > the end of the auction. The purchaser is a very well-known art collector, > and when it was hammered down she collapsed and was carried out. I presume > emotions overcame her after scoring a purchase like that. Ken On 9/20/2016 > 3:41 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: >> On Sep 20, 2016, at 3:20 PM, Mark > Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> >> Well I actually never have either > old a print from the Lug Gallery or a >> Facebook gallery. But my body of work > grows as I get older and I ain't dead >> yet. I have in my life sold prints > to collectors and had shows in >> galleries. > Yes. I too have sold prints to > collectors; had one man shows in galleries; participated in group shows; > and > curated and judged museum shows. > > In FACT my most recent ?art print? sale > did actually come from someone seeing a screen image on Facebook. > > It was > one of my IR photographs with the M8; > another camera which you?ve expressed > disdain for. > > ;~) > > As far as I?m concerned collectors will purchase for > what ever reasons; > and not be limited by what they imagine the camera may > have to do with it. > > I?ve sold SX70 polaroid prints; both straight and > manipulated. > I?ve sold 4x5 and 8x10 polaroid prints. > I?ve sold silver > prints, inkjet prints, RC prints, silkscreen prints, stone litho prints, > prints from engraved metal and wood blocks; mono prints; and I have no > doubt > if someone loved an image of mine made with an iPhone that I could produce > a > gorgeous print from the file. It will of course have the ?look? of the > tools > used in the making; just like all the technologies which have preceded the > current technology: whether ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, collodion prints, > tintypes, the 1960s prints from extremely grainy 35 mm negatives which many > loved and bought, the gorgeous 12x20 contact print that currently hangs > in my > living room, and two other living rooms of ?my collectors?? that?s what I > love > about photography? no limits? however small? however large? however > ?alternative?? it all speaks to me? as long as the creator has something > interesting to say - visually and with a serious interest in aesthetics. > > > fond regards, > > George > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.linkedin.com/imagist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/