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Cattle Droving Explained

June 20, 2022Uncategorizedgorebagg

Metal Prints, Canvas Prints and more in my prosperitypath shop on zazzle.

That’s right — if you’re driving cattle over a long distance, it’s “droving”, not “driving”, and the same principles apply whether it’s cattle or casual shoppers you’re trying to herd into a shop, you’ve still got the same basic problems.

No matter how good a cowpoke you might be, if you’ve got no cattle, you’re a cowboy out of a job.

If it’s shoppers you want, you’ll have to attract them as well as drive them toward the merch, and the merch better be good stuff at a good price.

Scarcity — the fewer of them, the better.
Desirability — if nobody wants it, it doesn’t matter how rare it is.
Condition — At the end of the day, condition is everything.

You’ll notice that “price” is not part of the equation — price actually doesn’t matter, except it the sense that it eliminates those with insufficient wherewithal to engage in the sales activity, except as an observer and/or commentator. Continue reading →

My Little JazzArt Collection

June 14, 2022Uncategorizedarchitectural art, art sales, backdrop, ej gold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, jazz, jazzart, panel, performance art, reincarnationgorebagg

Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Grass Valley, Ca. Performance, 2016.

Well, here it is, my jazzart collection, brought to you one or two sections at a time, weather and body issues permitting.

Of course, I should first introduce you to my little online fine art gallery, and maybe show you around our JazzArt Exhibit, to give you the idea of how well-known and celebrity exhibited performance backdrops and panels actually have been over the past 35 years … Continue reading →

Huge Warehouse, Big Sale Today!

June 12, 2022Uncategorizeddesigner, ej gold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, merch, reincarnation, sales, selling, zazzlegorebagg

For Sale, at incredibly fair prices, an entire warehouse of over 2,000 amazing work-related items, totally unique to this planet, and found nowhere else but in my shops on zazzle.

I’ve had a few things shipped to me, to inspect the quality and assure myself that they are sending out good products. Rest assured, they are.

Permit me to tell you the story once again:

Five years ago, I loaded my zazzle shop with about 2,000 products, and assumed that everyone could see them as well as I could.

I was wrong. Continue reading →

I Have 25 Factories

June 11, 2022Uncategorizedcollections, ej gold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, marketing, reincarnation, zazzlegorebagg

Actually, it’s closer to 30 factories, all of them making product for me and selling it for me and handling all the transaction and customer-service issues and shipping and billing and invoicing and all that jazz.

I don’t invest a penny in any of it. I just upload my art onto their stuff and they sell it for me. I can add to that effect by marketing my things on my own outlets, of course, but not on eBay — you can’t sell what you don’t have in hand. Continue reading →

Basics of Online Art Sales

June 9, 2022Uncategorizedart, ej gold, fine art, gorby, gorebagg, iaje, jal, jazz, jazz art, marketing, reincarnationgorebagg

Here’s the very basic basics about art sales — ready?

Title — the title is everything, and must contain three root words. Every word counts — put nothing in the title that doesn’t work for you, by which I mean attracts the views.
Drive — You can’t depend on casual random browsing to sell your product. You are trying to reach people with means, who can afford what you’re going to have to do to their home, so you need to get out there in social media and drive the customers to your doorstep — actually, right to the object itself. How to reach them is what you’re trying to learn right now.
Simplicity — It has to be easy for your customer, which means YOU do all the work, without complaint. Again, you need to train yourself to do ALL the steps to a sale, including follow-up and remarketing.
Story — Any and every experienced salesperson will tell you that it’s not the price, not the look — it’s the story. When you first start selling, you won’t get this idea for a while, even though you’ve heard it a million times, but for example, the Jazz Art has a story … I was the ONLY official IAJE artist for 15 years. Over the decades, my jazz backdrops have been used by every jazz great from Oscar Petersen to Wynton Marsalis, and there are equal stories, contained in full-color photo scrapbooks available to the public, about the Museum of Modern Art, Otis Art Institute, the Cedar Bar, and other important historical segments of the art world.
Authenticity — Every one of my works comes with complete documentation directly from me in my studio. All of my paintings have been photographed at least once, and many have photo evidence to prove that they are what they say they are.
Condition — All my works are stored correctly, and they are as fresh as the day they were painted, some of them as much as 60 years ago.
Market — My paintings have been on the secondary market for over 20 years, and the prices are well-supported, with many bonafide sales between $5,000 and $50,000.00.
Size — Very few artists paint in architectural sizes like 11 feet tall by 50 feet wide, but I do, and if there are a bunch of wealthy people living in homes with 22 feet of headroom, I have the art.
Celebrity — All of my Jazz Art pieces were used in performances behind almost all of the jazz greats of our time.
History — Your support makes it possible to give our support to jazz musicians all over the world.
Charity — Part of the sale price goes to the community.

The most important point is that you can’t stand on a street corner waiting for those wealthy clients to come along and buy your enormous canvas out there on the sidewalk. It just won’t happen that way. Continue reading →

A Quick Post about Listings

June 8, 2022Uncategorizedgorebagg

Help! Bail me out! I started these at only $1. Help! I’m counting on you to bid these up to well over a dollar.

click here to bid

Thanks. I needed that.

Okay, now to business. No, wait, that WAS business. What I meant to say was, onward we press.

I have a number of online shops going right now, and I’ve reworked my eBay and etsy shops considerably, removing some 500 items from my rare & unusual shop, and limiting my insane investor shop to high-end art and a fun earring auction, as you see above.

Here’s a quick link to my Insane Investor Store:

click here to see my new eBay store

Wow, time for breakfast already, then 6:30 zoom meeting — hope you make it there.

See You At The Top!!!

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Great Items on Zazzle just for you!

June 7, 2022Uncategorizedgorebagg

I’ve put some pretty nice stuff up on Zazzle. I hope you enjoy.

timestopper watches 2

labyrinth readers society

labyrinth readers 2

labyrinth 3

enneagram collection

nevada city collection

tote bags

grass valley collection

beloda belts

bardo cards

soup mugs

paper designer dinner plates

What to do until the Millennium Comes

June 5, 2022Uncategorizedgorebagg

ej gold Virtual Sculpture “Zendara” NFT — $38,500.00

I have what may be fresh news for you — the Millennium has come and gone, and nothing changed, because nothing ever will. Don’t expect gun control — it’s all for the camera.

In the meantime, what can you do?

First of all, maintain your daily practices. Don’t lose stride just because there’s incoming rocket-fire.

Now, then, where were we when we were so rudely interrupted by war, school shootings and mass insanity among the powerful elderly gentlemen who use the Senate for personal profit. Please note that I did not mention any names here, but we all know who they are, and it’s not just Jim Jones and Ted Cruz — there are plenty of crazy Klan members who managed to get elected to Congress, too. Continue reading →

Drops of the Day

June 4, 2022Uncategorizedgorebagg

These are the drops of the day — one-day auctions, starting at one dollar each. If nobody bids against you, you could score it for one lousy buck, and nobody would care — nobody’s counting. Go ahead and bid a buck.

It’s all in fun, and you’re cautioned not to bid higher than is comfortable — for instance, a 5″x7″ altar print should max out at no more than a million. It’s a donation to a charity, so feel free to overbid and overspend without guilt.

Forgiveness!

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Economic Crash

June 2, 2022Uncategorizedgorebagg

Yes, you heard rightly — there’s going to be a catastrophic economical breakdown combined with a supply-chain disruption and chaotic political conditions.

In short, the world is burning, and you can quote me on that.

In the news, you’ll notice a remarkable swing of popular opinion about guns — guns are bad, guns should be outlawed, at least those weapons of mass destruction, the AR-15. Continue reading →