Post #204122 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Dec 22, 2005 9:25 AM

I know! I want one too!...but there is so much Tiki art I want and my house is so full!
It is this phenomenon that worries me most in terms of opening my "Gallery for the Kontemporary Idol"- Fine pieces like these not being torn out of the artists hands right away! It seems that those who love Tiki art the most seem to have the least money to afford it. That's why Miles Thompson decided to not do Tiki paintings anymore...lots of kudos, not enough sales.

Is there just too much good stuff around? On the other hand, the mug collectors always seem to have some among them to who money is not an issue. The relation to how much money is spent on a Tiki mug and how much people are willing to give for an original piece of Tiki art seems way off.

I am really wondering how one would price carvings so that the artist gets his due, AND the gallerist makes his money, because any added amount to the already low artist's price will make a piece even less affordable to Tiki lovers, which means less sellable.

It seems like no coincidence that many gallerists like Doug Nason and m-modern are financially secure from other, more mundane sources, and run their gallery business as their vocation.