Introduction
Contact and other
information for art dealers

Address
Art Print Shipping Rates
Extra Biographies
Initial Painting Quotes are Subject to Change
Phone

To order by phone, call (604) 985-4262.


Email

To email, click on the Tony Max logo below.

New dealers are welcome. Comments, suggestions and questions are also welcome.
Stretched Canvas Giclee Shipping Rates
Contact the artist for a quote.
Paper Giclee Shipping Rates For
Southwestern British Columbia

Orders of more than $270........Free

Orders ranging from $217 and $270...........$3

Orders ranging from $163 and $216...........$6

Orders ranging from $109 and $162...........$9

Orders ranging from $55 to $108.........$12

Orders of $54 or less.........$15



Cheque Payment name and address
Please make cheques or money orders payable to:
Tony Max or Tony Max Art

The mailing address is:
144 West 20th Street
Suite 310
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
V7M 1Y4


 
Please add the G.S.T. to all payments.
Extra biographies or replacement of certificate/biographies
Please mail a $5 cheque or money order (plus 12 percent for the Harmonized Sales Tax for customers in Canada) to replace lost or damaged certificates of authenticity/biographies or to receive a brief artist biography.

The money helps to defray the costs of postage, handling and printing of the fade-resistant, giclee-quality certificate/biographies and biographies.

Please note that a certificate/biography is already included with every limited edition print that Tony Max sells.
Initial, Rough Painting Quotes are Subject to Change

Painting prices quoted by the artist to galleries in person, by phone or email are subject to change until a contract has been signed by the artist and gallery.


The longer the time that has elapsed between a quote being given and a contract being signed, the more likely it is that the artist will want to change the price of a painting due to changed circumstances.


Because of changing circumstances, a quote may no longer be valid two or three months after the quote was given.


The artist has occasionally given painting prices to gallery staff when the painting was still at his studio. Sometimes the painting wasn't yet finished and the painting's availability and price hadn't yet been added to this Web site or the artist's catalogue. Obviously, in that early case, the artist may want to charge more for the painting if he feels that he has significantly improved since giving a quote for the painting.


Some people fail to distinguish between a preliminary, rough estimate and the final quote, and don't make an allowance for changing circumstances and/or don't give the artist sufficient time to finalize the price. They expect the artist to spontaneously and instantly come up with prices for his paintings in person or during a phone conversation. Then they people become angry if the artist wants to charge higher prices for his paintings than the prices originally quotedeven though they haven't given him sufficient time to reflect on those quotes – a difficult task that requires taking all aspects of the job into consideration.


Of course, sometimes final quotes are lower than preliminary quotes, but no one complains in such instances. They only sometimes complain when final quotes are higher than preliminary quotes.
"Moody Light": Paintings with lots of subtleties and smooth blending require more work.


There are many considerations to take into account when determining the price of a painting, so naturally those complex and sometimes conflicting factors need to be carefully weighed before the artist comes up with a firm price. Tony Max has come with a list of a dozen factors that influence the price of consigned paintings at galleries. Those factors are:

1) the degree of complexity of the image.
2) the degree of subtle differences among colors. (Paintings with lots of subtleties of similar colors – such as "Moody Light" – require more work.)
3) the degree of smooth blending of colors. (Paintings that have much blending of smooth colors – such as "Moody Light" – require more work.)
4) the size of the painting.
5) how marketable the artist thinks the painting is.
6) the cost incurred. (The average cost of materials, scanning and transportation of each painting is $400.)
7) the commission percentage of the gallery. (The commissions Max has been charged by galleries for selling his paintings range from 30 to 50 percent of the retail price.)
8) the amount of money the artist is getting for paintings of similar quality at other galleries.
9) the level of sales of the corresponding art prints. (The price of the painting is tied to the level of demand for the corresponding art prints.)
10) the current market conditions.
11) the length of time that the painting has been on the market.
12) the willingness and availability of other galleries to take the painting on consignment.


The artist asks art dealers to take these factors into account, and realize that a dollar amount that he comes up with at a moment's notice during a conversation may be only a rough, preliminary quote.


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