Anyone have access to Art Expediter?

Sorry, I don't know, but have you looked under the artist's name on google.com?

Thanks - I've searched and can't find it. But ... I'm not that surprised, for some odd reason a lot of galleries don't bother to list the rarest pieces that they may have on their website. I found a gallery that had four of them just by a random phone call.

Not sure...is this what you are looking for?




http://www.galleryone.com/christensen_prints_m-z.htm

That's the Oldest Angel print by James Christensen that is published by Greenwich Workshop. He produced an etching of that same figure prior to his association with Greenwich. One of the ways to distinguish the two is that the print had an edition of 850 and the etching had an edition of 100.

Thanks for looking!

I'm assuming the four galleries you called did have the etching? Are you shopping for price?

I haven't called any galleries - I don't know which ones actually have the etching. I was asking because I'm dealing with "commission buildup". The initial gallery that has the item typically has it on consignment and adds a 30% commission onto the seller's asking price - that's fine, they're doing the work. Other galleries that do a search and find the piece in that gallery want to tack on another 30% commission for doing the search and making a phone call - that's a bit much.

Anyway, climbing down from my soapbox, I found a source that didn't inflate the price too much and have ordered it through them.

Thanks for looking!

That's the one danger of shopping for a particular art print on the Internet. Brokers will seldom add a fee more than 20% and the usual commission is 10%. If there is a brick-and-mortar gallery handling the artists's work, I would be inclined to contact them and see if they can find the etching (or if they even want to). It's difficult to get cooperation in finding an artwork if a broker feels it is looking for a needle in a haystack. I deal with a few brokers but since I can buy directly from publishers and directly from some artists, I do not often use them. The artist has now become a commercial commodity so no telling what will happen in the markeplace but it will be only temporary. The secondary market is literally a zoo.

(BTW, a gallery will more likely double the cost).