Does anyone here sell there photos at flea markets? I have heard about stock photos for selling on line, but I would much rather print some out, matt or frame them, and try selling at a flea market. What sizes are best and how would I price them? I printed my Butterfly and Parrot pics and they came out great.

It would depend largely on the size and quality of the print. Did you just print them out at home? What paper did you use? Do you know whether the print will fade or bleed over time (this has happened to me)? Are you going to frame them or anything like that?

If you are just seeling them as pure prints, for people to frame themselves, I wouldn't imagine you could charge too much more than you would pay for a postcard (depending on the size, of course... if it was twice as large I imagine you could charge twice as much). But I would look into the issue of fading/bleeding over time that I mentioned before. Obviously when you buy a print from a shop you expect it to last pretty much forever... maybe the longevity of home-made prints is better now than a few years ago.

I printed them on Kodak Picture paper. They came out beautiful. I was thinking 8x10 and 5x7 framed pictures.

Once you add a frame your production cost (and thereby your selling price) will probably go up significantly, unless you know someone who can do it for you on the cheap.

Gregg - I run a small antique business on the side and I set up at flea markets all the time from Cincinatti to Chicago and on ocasion Nebraska. I am also familiar with the area you live in. Many, many vendors sell photographs. Depending on what it is (antique train pictures bring the highest price) the price range anywhere from .50 to $5. . .no frame, printed on good quality photo paper. NO PRINTER INK. Regular photopaper the emulsion type. As an investment, they dont bring a lot of return on your money. If you do your math, by the time you buy good photopaper, and a high quality ink, each 8X10 print will cost you approx $1.12. . .remember I said high quality ink. If you sell your photos for $2.50. . . you will have to sell an awfull lot of them to pay for your flea rent which usually runs about $20 a day, gas, your time and of course food and drink. Because you are going to be out there from 5AM to 4PM. May I suggest. . .you would be better off to produce quality art work on your computer, enought would be 20 or more and burn CD's which can be purchased for about .15 ea and sell them for $1 let the purchaser print their own expensive pictures. Sam was right printer ink no matter how good will start to fade immediately and very noticibly after 4-5yrs unless you frame it using UV glass. Print 1 page each of your art to show the work, You should have no trouble selling your work. If your local Library will allow it, provide them with a few disks and donate 35% to the library if they sell them for you. I hope I have been of some help. Flea Market selling can be fun, but you can loose money if your dont think it out. Good Luck

Thank you so much for your ideas. Putting the pictures on a CD sounds like the most profitable way. Or maybe I could have prints not framed available also. I think my next step would be to go to a flea market and see what others are doing.Thank's again for your input.