Checking his sales outlets it seems that large prints (30x40) are signed
and numbered and sold up to about 180 copies in the $1000-2000 price
range. Small prints (about 8x10) are under $100 and sold in quantities
up to about 1000. He may also sell 40 copies of a large print labeled
"artists proof" (whatever that is). But all of these things may be the
same image.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Dacey wrote:
> Well, if he's selling them as a "limited edition" that's not limited
> (e.g., "limited to the number I can sell) then that is dishonest, if
> he is actually creating the impression that what he's selling is a
> limited edition (like having 50 prints that are sold as if they were
> all part of a 10 print edition). But if he simply numbers his prints
> and sells them as an "open edition" and is honest and upfront about
> that, I don't see the issue.
>
> So I guess for me it's nothing to do with the nature of the edition
> and more to do with whether he accurately advertises (and his
> customers are aware) of what he's selling.
>
> On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:04 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> .... and yet Bateman is not taken seriously by Canada's artistic
>> cognoscenti. .......................... promoting and selling endless
>> numbers of "limited" edition prints puts money in his pocket which is
>> poo-pooed by the struggling art world.
>>
>> Check out www.RobertBateman.ca for some of his work that might very
>> well
>> exceed the detail captured by high end digital SLRs
>>
>> jh
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