What's a reasonable offer for a J Scott Campbell prelim page with 5-7 figures on it?
A dear friend of mine is having his first kid in February, and I really want to get him a gift that's a JSC piece that has a specific character on it that he obsesses over, as well as it book ending a great moment we experienced years ago over the artist and said character.
My issue is that even though this is a close friend where money is never a factor between us, money IS still a factor of affordability for me. The owner of the piece has an NFS tag, but was willing to sell it to me for $2250, which is going a bit over the funds I have to afford this. And on top of that price, my next fear is that he won't ship it to me first, even if I sent half the payment up front, so I'll need to send some or all of the money as a goods and services payment, which means I'll need to add on more cash to cover the fee, which will probably make the final cost of everything to me around $2500 for a JSC prelim (let alone me framing it professionally).
So, can I morally low ball his offer for a JSC prelim/multiple character piece that's about 11.5 x 8 inches in size, or is that the going rate I should expect these days?
(and for the sake of the seller somehow seeing this post, or anyone else possibly attempting to get it for themselves, I'm gonna keep the image a secret for now)
Thanks!
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