What would you be willing to pay?

Question

How much would you be happy to pay for a work of leadlight say 1meter sq? For those that don't know what leadlight is its pictures of something made of coloured glass. Say something like a beach scene or a naked woman or a frog in a tree...something like that. What is a reasonable price for a quality window piece of that size?

The glass alone can be very expensive...like say a piece of orange opalescent glass of 300mm x 270mm costs you around $22 AUD and then there is the Lead and foil and solder and your time etc etc. I can't imagine that even a really crappy piece of that size would sell for only $50 or $100 anywhere in the world.

Answer 1

300-500 usd, depending on how it looked.

Answer 2

Well, wouldn't it depend on the number of pieces of glass within that item as well as the workmanship put into it? And, of course, your reputation as an artist is also a factor.

However, in U.S. dollars, I'd say a simple piece would start about $50 and a more complex one would start at $100. But it could go up much higher, of course.

Update: Please forgive my ignorance. I didn't realize the supplies were so expensive. As I said, I could already imagine pieces of that size going for much higher. I live in a town that hosts one of the largest art fairs in the world and know that many artists must create a quanitity of "lower end" items (such as mugs for ceramic artists) for their bread and butter along with the pricier stuff, so I was trying to picture what the "low end" items might sell for. But, now that I think of it, I'd imagine those items would be smaller. So add me to the above response that puts it at starting at $300.