Don’t Confuse Price with Value

The value of a work of art is based on how a person feels about the object. Your creativity, use of materials, technique, and the spirit you infuse into each piece make your art valuable to you. These things are subjective and can change from time to time and from artwork to artwork. How you value your art is different from how you price your art. [...]

12 Tips for Pricing Your Art

Lin Price, Wishful Thinking

I wish I could pull a number out of the hat and tell you how to price your art. It’s not that easy, as you’ve surely discovered. I share below some general guidelines as a place to begin. [...]

Raising Your Prices: A Lesson for Breaking the News

Wendy Edsall-Kerwin faithfully sends a tri-fold newsletter about her metalwork 8 times a year. Her Winter 2011 edition caught my eye because of this article, in which she shows collectors why she must raise her prices [...]

Guidelines for Pricing Your Art

Pricing art is difficult for many artists–especially if you’re just starting out. In this Beginning Biz Basics post, I give you 10 guidelines for nailing those prices. [...]

Pricing for Art Consultants :: Deep Thought Thursday

Most art consultants are asking artists to give them their wholesale pricing. Is that okay? What happens when you give the consultant–or even a gallery–leeway to choose their own pricing? [...]

A Template Letter for Informing Collectors of Price Increases

Artist Mckenna Hallett used her wordsmithing skills to create a template you can use to inform collectors about price increases. She says any contact you make with buyers is a marketing opportunity. Don’t miss out! [...]

Putting Your Art on Sale

Michael Newberry, Himalayan Flight, oil on linen

Even high-end galleries offer discounts to valued collectors as well as to museums. Artists can have their own sales, too, with the right strategies in place. Follow these 8 tips. [...]

Art Marketing Action Podcast: Putting Your Art on Sale

Audio version of the post with the same name. Even high-end galleries offer discounts to valued collectors as well as to museums. Artists can have their own sales, too, with the right strategies in place. [...]

Informing Collectors of Price Increases <-Deep Thought Thursday

How do you tell collectors your prices have gone up? They need to know and will undoubtedly be happy for your success, but how do you tell them in a way that is comfortable for you? [...]

Art Marketing Action + Podcast: Increase prices for your art (perhaps)

Fretting about your prices again? Have you considered that some of them may be too low? Raising prices isn’t something I take lightly or recommend frequently. While raising prices in tough economic times seems counter intuitive, you want to be sure you are being paid what you’re worth. Here are six things to consider. [...]