Two of the worlds finest regularly get the prices shown below. Their philosophy works for them. eBay was not around when Michael started or maybe he would have tried it? Is is certain that if it did not pay he would have moved on. Check out their work at
http://michaelandpaula.com and be rewarded in the images and especially the writing and information on how two of the best in the world do it.
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Photographs: Silver Chloride Contact Prints
Now that we are not printing from older negatives (except in a very few instances), prints from these negatives are now editioned. The edition number is different for every image: for some photographs it may be as few as 4 or 5; for others it could be 12, or 17, 26, or 33, or some other odd number. Although we have never before editioned our photographs, we have always assigned each print a unique number and have kept exact records of how many prints of each image we have made.
Each year we expect the photographs that fall into the older category to change by one year, although that is not rigidly fixed. We may consider certain work current for more than two years or we may consider it to be current for only one year. Here are prices as of January 1, 2007.
* Current photographs (2004, 2005, 2006):
Michael: 8 x 20 $3,000. Paula: 8 x 10 $2,000.
Color 8 x 10 $2,000. 5 x 7 $1,000.
4 x 5 $1,000.
6x6/6x7 $750.$1,500.
Multiple 6x6 and 6x7 $1,250.$3,000.
* Older photographs (pre-2004):
Michael: 8 x 10 $2,000.$10,000. Paula: 8 x 10 $2,000.$5,000.
8 x 20 $3,000.$10,000. 5 x 7 $1,000.$3,000.
18 x 22 $4,500.$10,000. 4 x 5 $1,000.$2,500.
The price for Michaels 2' x 5' silver print enlargements, made directly from his 8" x 20" negatives is $6,000 except for the two prints from which half the edition has sold. Those are priced at $7,500.
* Platinum prints: Our large platinum prints, in editions of ten with two artists proofs, begin at $15,000 for Paulas prints and $10,000 for Michaels prints.