Re: Editioning ... and Unique Works of Art

From: Kate M <kateb@paradise.net.nz>
Subject: RE: Editioning ... and Unique Works of Art
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:50:47 +1200

> I've seen a system (though infrequently) that increases the price as
> more prints are sold. The initial price for the image "trash on a
> street" is q dollars. First N prints will be sold at $q. Next N prints
> will be sold at $cq where c > 1. Next N prints will be sold at $c^2q,
> and so forth. Say c = 1.25. By the time the 25th print is sold, the
> price of "trash on a street" will be about 3x the original price. If
> this is not good enough, you can also factor in inflation, market
> price for silver nitrate, a really good Port or something.

(There I forgot to say N = 5.)

> Fay Godwin, the English landscape photographer, uses this system and it
> works very well for her. People that supported her career early on and
> bought the first prints have now got a handsome reward for their effort.

Thanks, I didn't know that but I wonder why don't people use this
system more. I also think this is a way to seek softer and more
satisfying compromise between collectors' desire and photographers'
intention. Is there a name for the system? (I can think of only one
name... "geometric pricing" because the price goes up as a geometric
sequence at the completion of each batch.

--
Ryuji Suzuki
"You have to realize that junk is not the problem in and of itself.
Junk is the symptom, not the problem."
(Bob Dylan 1971; source: No Direction Home by Robert Shelton)