I know artists often make art to try to get by, but you have to admit how high the prices would sound to outsiders, which is why I see people arguing over art pricing ethics all the time.
The arguments against pricey art: It is offensive to societal necessities to price art higher than that, and there comes a point in an art’s price where it doesn’t make sense to raise the price more based on what relative little went into making it.
The arguments in favor of pricey art: They help the artist and it’s up to the person buying the art how much they’re willing to pay.
Based on the arguments in favor of pricey art, what’s the highest you’ve ever priced art (both with haggling intended/involved and without haggling intended/involved) and were able to sell it for that amount?
Art is subjective, so numbers are hard to fix.
There is an artist i know that makes things for a local gallery/store, the pieces are near $2500-3000 for abstract painting, or piece of clay sculpture. They look amazing, but out of my price range. But if it speaks to some rich people they seem to have no issue spending $3000 on a painting.
Some of those rich people would pay 3000 for a painting but not 300, because they’d not want a “cheap” piece in their pricy living room. If one manages to catch the attention of those people it’s way more healthy to dedicate yourself into making your stuff a little more eye-catching to those eyes and sell less often but of a pricier value, imo