Increase The Value of Your Professional Fine Art Prints

Fine art photographers need money to invest in the right equipment to translate their artistic vision into artwork. There are a number of things that you can do in order to increase the value of your prints when you put them out in the fine arts market.

In order to appeal to collectors, you need exclusive prints to increase the worth of your art. Keep the following points in mind in order to increase the value of your professional fine art prints:

Choose the size of the edition

Limited edition prints tend to come at a higher value when compared to open editions. Keep in mind, however, that once you set the size, under no condition will you be able to change your mind to create more images even if they did sell quicker than you imagined. Doing so would lower the value of the pieces you have already sold.

Soon after you make the decision of creating limited edition prints, you need to decide the size of the run well in advance and be clear with potential buyers about the number being created.

Know how to label your prints

When labeling fine art metal prints, screen prints, monoprints, photographs and so on, sign each print with a well-sharpened pencil at the bottom white border outside the image. For instance, you could choose to indicate the print number on the bottom left, the tile in the center, and sign on the right with the date. Remember to sign at a point where it is clearly visible.

Image Wizards offers a digital printing solution to allow a photographer’s signature on any metal print with the option of a limited edition numbering service on each metal print as well.

Think long-term

In an ideal situation, you would sell out your entire limited edition prints. This might lead you to think that you should have created more so as to cater to the market, increasing your sales in the process. This might seem natural but is not considered to be ethical once the size of your edition has been set.

Try keeping in mind that demand for your work will translate to interest in your future work. Keep a list of collectors that are interested in buying and notify them once a new piece is available for sale.

Leave room for option

In order to increase the value of your professional fine art prints, clearly, communicate with your buyers about new pieces. If you are working on a limited edition, for example, your work is silkscreen, make sure that you explain that the image can never be printed again at that particular size. This leaves you with an opportunity to create a poster size limited edition print, and perhaps an open edition of notecards at a later point in time.

Create a certificate of authenticity

A certificate of Authenticity (COA) is a standard way to increase the value of prints, reducing the risk of forgeries in the process. A fine art printing service should be able to help you out with this. The certificate should ideally be printed on a premium deckle-edged paper. You could make use of uniquely coded holographic labels that are affixed to the back of your print.

Keep these tips in mind if you are looking to increase the value of your professional fine art prints!