Actually, I think your exactly on the right track, Taylor.

A friend of mine collects European art tiles - buys and sells them on eBay as well as finds them at art auctions, shops, etc. in various countries where he vacations (nice write off for his vacations!).

Although I found them to be drab, apparently they're valued at hundreds and/or thousands of dollars each, and there's a a thriving collectors market for them. He's using them as part of his retirement planning.

My point is, art, like anything else, has it's niches. And, I'm sure with a little internet and art gallery research (like at the Cleveland Museum of Art as a starter), these niches can be defined and tested with Gordon's artist's works using remote hypnosis techniques.

My starting point would be the description Gordon gave of his artist's genre - hit the internet and museums and find the lists/niches of similar artists, and test with an email/fancy letter complete with picture of the artist's work and see what shakes out. Perhaps a list of fine galleries catering to that type of art would be a good target as well.

The part about higher price being preferable seems to me to be right on also. I have other friends who collect paper mache' sculptures of some kind of cool, costumed coyote figure created by an artist in Santa Fe (I think). The artist has showings all over the country by invitation only. I went to one here in DC (with my friends, not by invitation:-). None of his works were under $2500. And, apparently his collectors are fanatics and snap up his stuff immediately, so it's appreciated in value quite a bit.

This is a great thread - just underlines how opportunities are all over if we just look for them, and how marketing (as pointed out above by Mel) is a major key to success even for artists.

Regards,

Bob