Wait til you see what someone paid for a banana

I remember going to the scholastic book fairs in elementary school. My mom sent me with $5000 so I could buy a few books and the $4950 Lamborghini poster that still hangs in my room to this day

Searching for a “photo poster”, maybe the art market isn’t the right place for you.

And yes, limited and signed editions are “original art”. The interpretation of a negative in the darkroom or the editing of a digital file is part of the artistic process. So is the choice of paper, the format of the prints, the amount of copies in the edition, etc. The final product is the “original”.

Not sure at what prices you are looking at.
Posters are $60 to $200.
Signed and limited prints are expensive (from $3000), but many of those are signed and limited editions. There’s one print form Alex Webb sold for $7000, but it is signed and 1 of 20.

I used to sell my limited edition signed panoramas for $499. 1ftx6ft, mounted.

The Las Vegas strip and Lighting where my biggest sellers.

I made much smaller sizes, unlimited print, for $29, rolled up in a tube. They were 4in x 3ft. (Not a one-to-one reduction) I made these myself and made a boat load of money from them in the early 2000’s.

For the right photo, well marketed, there is a lot of money to be made.

I bought three small Magnum prints for around a hundred euros each. I look at them every day in my office and they are a joy.

It’s difficult to print on chocolate covered ice cream without it melting.

Tough. Pay it or don’t have it. Supply and demand my friend.