momofrenee

We are trying to sell my husband's giclee edition entitled New York: an image of the Statue of Liberty with fireworks. Any ideas of places in Manhattan that we can contact?

nytraveler

I don't think anyplace in Manhattan would be interested in buying - they're trying to sell. I would try ebay.

lcuy

or one of the websites dedicated to amatuer art sales.

mclaurie

I'm not sure I understand what you're selling. Is your husband the artist or someone else?

HowardR

What is a "giclee edition"?

ellenem

A giclée is a fine art high-quality digital print.

Aduchamp1

Giclee is a neologism and means something like a squirt of liquid because the French sounded better than the English for ink jet repro. Because is it giclee do not expect to sell it for much.

It is very hard to sell work when it is your only shot. Google on-line art sales and see the requirements, their responsibilities and payments vary from site to site. Also look to see what the competition is doing and how it priced.

momofrenee

Thank you for your responses. My husband is the artist and his work is already on a site called artid. I was just trying to find places in NYC for this new piece of his.

mclaurie

I wouldn't assume you'd most likely sell it in NYC. In fact, it sounds like something a tourist/someone living elsewhere might want to own more than a NYC resident.

NewbE

Well, yes, but don't tourists to NYC buy things while they are in NYC? I must be unusually sharp-eyed, b/c I saw prints of NYC landmarks for sale all over the city.

nytraveler

Yes - there are a huge number of prints, posters and anythng you cn name that are sold to tourists in NYC. This is either done on the street by local artists or in tourist/souvenir shops - and is mass-produced at next to zero cost. The number of people willing to pay more than a few dollars is extremely limited.

(I often buy things from local artists when I travel - usualy displayed on the street - just becaue I think it's pretty or interesting. I never pay more than $25 - usually less - and understand that the work has no intrinsic value - except I want to put it on the wall of the guest bedroom or whatever.)

Rarely, when a country has a shop of arts and crafts by locals, do I pay more for somethng I really like. I got a couple of very nice seriagraphs in Copenhagen - but it was from an artist selected by their national arts council or whatever.)

Frankly I think getting a shop to want to sell this work would be practically impossible - given the cost of shelf space and the need for rapid turnover to make the rent.