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    Old 12-10-2010, 11:41 AM
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    I thought this article would be of some interest to board members. We should be so lucky!

    http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8181169
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    Old 12-10-2010, 12:04 PM
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    holey wow If i could just get $7.00 for one of my pieces of art. amazing but she is so right the amount of time we invest into our works never gets appraicated in our sale price. I am so happy for her.
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    Old 12-10-2010, 12:11 PM
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    People do not realize the time put into our projects. They think ypu should sell them for the price of materials plus a bit more for labor.
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    Old 12-10-2010, 12:21 PM
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    This has been posted before, FYI and the woman who made this quilt discussed it here.
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    Old 12-11-2010, 05:20 PM
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    How big is 2m?
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    Old 12-11-2010, 05:28 PM
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    Anything item can be sold if you have a buyer that wants it. I don't get paying that much for a quilt but then I don't understand items selling at auctions for millions of dollars. The Chinese vase that sold for 59 MILLION a few weeks ago was so absurd it made me angry and I'm one that never cared what people spent their own money for.
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    Old 12-11-2010, 06:18 PM
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    Originally Posted by terry leffler
    How big is 2m?

    6 feet
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    Old 12-11-2010, 06:31 PM
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    wow!!!!!1
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    Old 12-11-2010, 08:31 PM
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    Originally Posted by katiebear1
    People do not realize the time put into our projects. They think ypu should sell them for the price of materials plus a bit more for labor.
    Yes - I have a friend who argues:"You are only doing it in front of the TV anyway - it is not ART." Even if we only sold it with the price structure that you suggest, in Australia, that would be $600 - and I don't think that this sort of thinker would want to spend more than $50.
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    Old 12-13-2010, 12:55 PM
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    I madea crazy quilt with 4 blocks, think I could get anything for it?
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