What You Should Expect To Pay

How much you can expect to pay for fine art totally

rests on your shoulders. I've seen clients who come close to

billionaire status walk into the gallery, and walk out smiling

with a $150 artwork. With this said, you will notice your

taste in art and your ability to collect it go hand in hand. It's

very rare a person walks into a gallery, who is not

tremendously affluent, and just absolutely can't live without

a $300,000 piece. We all tend to gravitate towards things at

the right level for us, even if we don't know it. If it's

$200,000 and you can afford it and you love it, get it.

When you're getting ready to pull out the charge

c a r d , remember with wall art the price usually goes up

slowly as an addition sells through, but definitely expect to

pay more for the original.

Original art works by somewhat known artists will

start at 9 or 10 thousand dollars and go for as much as 15

thousand dollars. As the artist becomes better know, you'll

see prices go into 30, 40, 50 thousand dollars. After the

artist breaks into fifty or more galleries you will see prices

starting at 70 thousand dollars and go beyond the 200

thousand dollar value point.  If the artist becomes an

acknowledged master, you'll see prices in the millions of

dollars. It's still very difficult for an artist to really become

financially affluent because most artists achieve values in the

millions only after their passing.

You may find many galleries who exclusively sell

originals and will not deal with any reproductions. I feel

v e r y  strongly about this because, in my opinion,

reproductions are truly a great way for collectors to benefit

from the beauty and value of artwork without having to

spend monies not immediately affordable to them.