M.B. Parkinson's "Cupid Awake" and "Cupid Asleep"

My point is this, there are different types of buyers.

Some are "Hoarders" they are clinically ill.

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/08/18/hoarders-tv-show-comp...

Then there are those who always are a combat of wits, it is winning it seems that motivates them. They go about with a light-saber and a few dollars in their hands and try to fill insecurities by buying.

Then there are casual buyers, if they like it they buy it! Cost is really no issue they are having fun. I have seen these types have a riot of a good time as occasional visitors to auctions and groups.

Then there is a professional buyer, of course they know the difference between the value items and those that are not. Along with a professional seller it is about price, no emotion, just the market and demand.

My point is this, that you have to recognize these types at certain points of a sale. Early in the morning when professional buyers are out, you do probably 80% of your total sales in the first hour. You leave allot of money in the price and people whom know you stop by to see what you brought.

And then there is the "interest buyer" they have a simple interest in the item, they like it and they buy it. These people rarely touch and travel in crowds. If they touch they will likely buy.

Then you have the light-saber crowd, they seem more intent on making a point or sticking one instead of doing business. It is as if their low self-esteen gets wrapped up in statements of worth of innanimate objects, these people are almost always LONERS. Typically I ignore these types.

And then there is the hoarder, these are the types that sift-through boxes, touch the most often, and repeatedly offer at a significant price point lower for inexpensive items. The larger the box lot the better! You can tell these people by their cars which are often filled up to the windows with stuff leaving just enough room for the driver. They are more sociable than the light-saber crowd, less likely to take offense, and will travel more often with family.

On the "prints" in a roll.. it has always amazed me on the one hand why people talk down the reproductions and then have an ad to "authorized reproductions." This is especially true with Audubon, I mean honestly google the product. Truth be told on the Audubon I deal with an art dealer who specializes in art in DC. They are an "authorized reproduction reseller" of audubon prints. They are interested in the real McCoy and their own re-productions. Candidly we both know that their reproductions have no numerical limit. We also know that used cars sitting along new cars dillute new car sales.

But the way you can tell the professional buyer is that they don't fixate. They are like professional stock traders who win some and lose some, but win more than they lose and stay unemotional about it. They don't get combative or leave any emotional energy out there as it distracts from the next opportunity, if they disagree with you.. well they probably don't have the time to do it. Most importantly they will pull the buy and sell trigger! They do not walk around with "Would of," "should of," "ought of," and "could of" scenarios. Business is done quick!

The reason I share this is that this is such a wide forum and the types of buyers and sellers I observe are all here at once. And there perspective of the pieces are different.

As you mentioned earlier you stated that the frame had allot to do with the value.

My experience tells me that is not so.

I know that there are different levels of buyers and sellers that I described and some pull buying triggers in the thousands while other in pennies.

It is a wonderful painting or print to some, some would not have the item on their wall and seek other items....