matt miller said:I hope they succeed with this.
They say "Each portfolio will cost approximately $750 to produce". That sounds like a lot, to me, to print ten photographs. But then I have no idea in my mind how something like this would be presented. I suppose it's not just ten mounted/matted photographs in a fancy box?
avandesande said:Jorge, I have to agree. All the prints are exquisite, but not necessarly masterpieces. I have noticed that Paula's subject matter is often similar to yours.
jdef said:Hi Jorge.
I've noticed that it is the norm to discuss MAS and Paula as a single entity, but I find Paula's work an order of magnitude more interesting and creative than MAS'. Am I alone in my assessment?
Jay
Donald Miller said:Jay,
My tastes are along the same lines when comparing the work of these two. I have discussed this with others and it may possibly be true to Paula's training as a painter.
Jim Chinn said:...a paper that has not been made or tested by anyone yet.
reggie said:I looked thru the portfolio and I don't think there is one single image worth $1k and the entire portfolio isn't worth the $10k+ they are asking, from either an aesthetic or investment point of view.
reggie said:They market it basically as a fundraising effort to get the new paper. I wonder if people would be entitled to a refund if they buy a portfolio and the paper doesn't come out?
c6h6o3 said:Despite what you think a photograph is worth or should be worth, how much you are willing to pay for it or how much you may have paid for it in the past, a photograph shares a quality with nearly every other object which may be sold - houses, stocks, cars, jewelry, anything. It is "worth" the amount of money that someone is willing to give you for it. Not a penny more. Not a penny less. If the market will bear the price, it's worth that price.
Since Michael has been making most of his living selling prints for more than 35 years, I'd be willing to bet that he's gotten pretty good at judging what the collectors and instutitutions to which he sells will pay.
I hope they sell them all and bring this paper quickly to market.
reggie said:So......I guess you'll put your money where your mouth is and buy one?
-R
mrcallow said:Reggie,
I read the post and what I see his mouth doing is stating that the market, not you or him sets the price, and that M&P have a print selling history and have, probably priced the portfolio accordingly.
Your post makes no sense, and appears to be needlessly aggressive.
reggie said:So......I guess you'll put your money where your mouth is and buy one?
-R
reggie said:But the market did not set the price for the portfolio. MAS did, right? If one of the portfolios was put up for auction with no reserve and it sold for $10,750 then in that case the market would have set the price.
Curt said:JandC
John Anderson, the email address in your personal information window of your web site is not accepting mail. I was going to tell you that I had a magical experience when I first went into the "Hall of Mosses" Dan Fear invited me to be in an exhibit at the Silver Image Gallery in 1975. Those were great years for me. All of the Ansel Adams, Weston and Weston, etc. to see for the first time. The PBS series with Joseph Campbell has been an influence in my life.
Curt
avandesande said:) Suppose you are a well healed collector..
I recently spoke with a collector who has been selling-off a portion of his collection he had been building since the mid-70s. What he says cost less than $100,000 to collect over the years has so far brought more than $1,000,000. I'd say that is as good a reason as any to mix art and business.Joe Lipka said:Buy a photograph for investment? You can, I guess, but why bother to mix art and business?
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