>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] People ask to buy an article at which you may have sat and worked 100 hours.
I consider I am worth as a fairly skilled lacemaker at least 10 to 15 GB pounds per hour. So that would make the piece in labour costs at least 1000 GBP. No-one would want to pay that price. <<< I had an interesting experience along these lines this weekend. My group demonstrated lace this weekend. My turn was Sunday, and the Saturday people left things for my partner and myself to display, including a pretty framed picture of a couple of flowers. I'd not seen it before. My partner was taking a break when I got one of those "do you sell this work?" people. I went through my usual speil about the number of hours (ca. 6 for a torchon bookmark), and even at minimum wage that's over USD 30. She pointed to the picture and said, "How about that?" It was a relatively simple piece, but I wanted to discourage her, as I knew whichever member of the lace group had made it wasn't planning to sell it. I said, "That probably took at least 100 hours, so it would cost hundreds of dollars." She said she would still be tempted, if only it was for sale. When Suzanne returned, I asked who'd made the picture. She said Barb had found it in an antique shop, marked at something like USD 4! This is a comment on valuation. The picture was probably made by somebody whose heirs had no appreciation, bought in a box lot by the antique dealer, and therefore not valued. Judging by the price, the dealer was probably selling it for the frame! Of course, now I wonder whether Barb would have been happy to make a couple hundred dollars profit off the thing! Oh, well! Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]