Signing Giclee Prints

Question anybody know anything about collection domaine picasso giclee prints?
I recieved a giclee print that is lead numbered '95/500' and signed 'Collection Domaine Picasso'It has an embossed seal that reads limited edition print collection picasso. Is it really worth 1200.USD? In answer please include your credentials. thank you.

Best Answer Hi! First, you must understand what 'Giclee' means. It is a computer-generated print that the publisher (manufacturer) may embellish to 'their' advantage to distibute their product: http://painting.about.com/cs/printing/a/gilceeprints_2.htm Then one should understand what the U.S. standard for fair market value is: "The fair market value is the price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or to sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts.[1] " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_market_value#_note-0 Here is a comparable piece: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160147313537&ih=006&category=78724&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1 See 133 A (This is the realized "fair market price" for a lithograph and not a giclee): http://www.burchardgalleries.com/auctions/2001/sep2301/sep2301r.htm Then there is "worth," ....to a wholesaler, a retailer, an estate, for insurance, to you? There exist different acceptable valuations for a given entity. My credentials are unimportant as this information is available in the public domain and can be accessed with ease and documented satisfactorily. I hope this helps!

Question Should I sell my photographic art in limited editions, or not?
I am an emerging photographic artist starting to sell my work through art shows, the web and possibly some galleries and am debating whether to sell it in limited editions. Let me explain my work; it starts as an original photograph, but after much digital rendering, the finished piece looks like an oil painting and is initally presented as a giclee print on a large canvas. If I go with limited editions, I’m thinking of offering editions totalling 100 signed and numbered giclee prints. These editions would be comprised of prints of varying dimensions; ie: 8”x11”, 11”x15, 16”x22” and, of course, the large canvas; all within the same edition. Any opinions on this approach? I’ve seen it done elsewhere, so I’m thinking it might work. On the other hand, should I even limit my editions? I've had advice that I should just sign the prints and not number them. That would certainly be a lot less work for me, but in trying to become collected as a serious artist, is it a viable approach

Best Answer You could try limited editions on a few of your very best. As you become better known and your work is recognized you should go to all limited editions.

Question What would price of Gordon Snidow giclee "Don't Mess with Me" be worth. It an authenticated signed ltd edition?
This is #10 of 100 prints signed by Mr. Snidow at his home.

Best Answer www.gordonsnidow.com His own site will give you current prices of his prints. To get the value in the secondary market take your print to an auctioneer or gallery that deals in similar work.

Question Is the print worth what they are asking?
I need help. I am considering buying a Rory Wagner giclee print. The gallery claims the print number is 39 / 50. But the print is not signed nor numbered. Does the print really have value without being signed nor numbered? Please provide reference material we can review.

Best Answer A "giclee" by a dead artist? A "giclee" is not a "print, it is a reproduction, a photograph of a painting printed on a big inkjet printer. They can make as many as they want, so its value is simply that of a "collectible", not art. Someone somewhere is promising you they only made 50, they control the market, and they won't make any more. Its value on the level of a Beanie Baby, someone controls supply, there are X amount of collectors willing to pay Y, the supplier sets the price at Y. I would not say that any collectible is worth what you pay for it. If this guy has any real collection value its gonna show in signed editions, I'd skip an unsigned one, its just "ink on paper". You didn't say what they wanted for it. Looking at the Rory Wagner market it sure looks over heated to me.... but the paintings also look bleeehhhh to me so I may be a bad judge. A "giclee" costs maybe $80 per print to produce and I would expect it to retail for $950 (artist needs to triple costs to make a profit and then they only get 1/4 retail if they have to sell through a distributor. <-- artists fudge that number up or down depending how many they think they can sell at a higher wholesale or retail rate). A 24 X 18 Inch Serigraph by Rory Wagner The Magician went for $ 450 Unframed---> http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rory-wagner-1950-2010-serigraph-152588370 Serigraphs are actually real prints, much more unique and rare than a "giclee".... so shows you where the market is. A dead artist who commands similar prices is Andrew Wyeth. -----> http://www.awyethgallery.com/andrew/index.html His editions are controlled by a family run entity. His old rare unsigned print editions sell for hundreds to thousands depending rarity (add many thousands if signed), his new unsigned releases (after he died) sell for $900, and signed (giclee) sell for $10000