Additionally, EW used to hold an open house at his studio every Sunday. He'd put out a pot of tea, some cups; and he'd put his most recent print on an easil. The friends and passers by would come in from 4:30 PM until the tea ran out. His standard price was $35, which was affordable at that time. Kind of like $50, today. Not everybody has a $50 bill in their pocket, but those who do can afford the walls to hang the picture. That was the thought, then. S. Shapiro, Carmel ------------------------------------------------------------ photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu wrote on Fri Jul 25 16:55:56 2003: Thanks for your reply. Actually, I was thinking of $100 and thought about EW who sold prints for $5 "so everybody who wanted one could have one." There is a story about two young girls who came into his studio and wanted one of the $5 prints. They didn't have the money, half expecting him to come down or offer to give it to them. He held firm. They walked around the block and came back to buy it. The End. S. Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------------ (Joe Miller) photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu wrote on Fri Jul 25 12:58:01 2003: >I'd like to start a print of the month club. Anybody care to >venture a comment on what the updated equivalent of the 1924 price >of $10 would be? > > Adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, $10 in 1924 would be about $103.70 now. That is probably not as much as you expected. Of course, the market for photography has also changed. -- Joe Miller
