Re: “I sold my first painting on eBay for $4.75, ... On eBay, you don't have to have a lot of money to own original artwork. There are bidders who will get onto the site and bid on every single painting I put up. And sometimes the result is the joy of th

[Michael Brady]

On Aug 22, 2012, at 6:22 AM, joseph berg <art...@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I sold my first painting on eBay for $4.75.

And the point of this is ...? Well, besides laughing at unsophisticated
people.

I get dozens of messages every day offering me US$12 million just to let them
use my bank account. And every year or two, there's a big weekend-long sales
event at a local hotel where the general populace can by "real oil paintings"
for no more than $49. Woo-hoo.

BTW, the person who just sold his first painting is an email marketeer who
didn't really paint the thing. I read a cool thing a little while ago about a
caveat emperor. I forget how it goes right now.



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Michael Brady