Art Sales

The Ohio River Valley Artists Guild has two locations where Guild members sell their art – the Cox Gallery and the Old Washington Shop.

The Cox Gallery is located in the first floor of the Cox Building in downtown Maysville, 2 East Second Street, and is open 11a-4p Fridays and Saturdays. In addition to selling art by different Guild artists, the Gallery also hosts month-long ‘Featured Artist’ highlights throughout the year, which are specially curated displays highlighting visiting artists or Guild members. As part of this, the Gallery will host First Friday Gallery Openings the first Friday of the month, from 5-7p, to celebrate the featured artists. Information about upcoming features and openings can be found under Upcoming Events. The Gallery can accept Cash, check, and card. Cards are processed through Square.

The Old Washington Shop is located in the front half of the Guild meeting space in Washington Hall, 2111 Old Main Street, and is open 11a-4p Tuesdays – Saturdays and 12-4p Sundays from the first of May until Frontier Christmas. The Shop sells a wide variety of art and crafts created by Guild members, and there is often artists in the building working during open hours as well. Cash, check, and card are all accepted. Cards are processed using Square.

 


For Artists: Sales Policies

Artists wishing to sell their art in either location must be members of the Guild and must have paid their dues for the year. If an artist has not paid their dues for the year and makes a sale, the Guild can take payment out of that sale. Artists also need to read and sign an Artist Agreement for the relevant location and familiarize themselves with the below policies. The Cox Gallery agreement can be found here, and the Old Washington shop agreement here [coming soon!]

Inventory

When art work is taken into the Cox Gallery or Washington Guild Hall for sale, it must be logged into the inventory Book by the artist. The inventory book is the official record of all art in the Shop, and if there are questions or discrepancy about the price or details of a piece, the inventory entry will be considered the final authority.

Display

Artists are responsible for ensuring that their art is ready for display. The shops provide wall space for hanging and shelving and tabletop display space for pieces that can stand on their own. A limited number of display stands and easels are also available. When pieces are put out for display an ORVAG display tag needs to be filled out. It is also important that the artist’s name be somewhere on the piece, either as a clear and readable signature, a well-affixed business card, or a sticker with the artist’s name.

Pricing

When pricing their art, artists should take into consideration that the Guild takes a 15% commission on all sales through Guild shops and that the Kentucky sales tax of 6% should be included in the list price. It is shop policy that sales tax be included in the list price so that volunteers do not need to calculate tax and so the shops do not need to keep a supply of coins to make change on cash transactions. Prices should also be in whole dollar amounts to prevent having to keep coins in the shop.

The table below shows how monies from sales are divided.

Sales

When a sale is made, date of sale, item sold, artist, price, and form of payment will be recorded in the dedicated sales book. The inventory entry for each item will also be updated with date sold and payment type. Sales are paid out to artists at the end of the month, via mailed check.

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Sales PriceTax at 6%Commission at 15%Artist Amount
$0.50$0.03$0.07$0.40
$0.75$0.04$0.11$0.60
$1.00$0.06$0.14$0.80
$1.50$0.09$0.21$1.20
$2.00$0.11$0.28$1.60
$3.00$0.17$0.42$2.41
$4.00$0.23$0.57$3.21
$5.00$0.28$0.71$4.01
$10.00$0.57$1.42$8.02
$15.00$0.85$2.12$12.03
$20.00$1.13$2.83$16.04
$25.00$1.42$3.54$20.05
$30.00$1.70$4.25$24.06
$35.00$1.98$4.95$28.07
$40.00$2.26$5.66$32.08
$45.00$2.55$6.37$36.08
$50.00$2.83$7.08$40.09
$55.00$3.11$7.78$44.10
$60.00$3.40$8.49$48.11
$65.00$3.68$9.20$52.12
$70.00$3.96$9.91$56.13
$75.00$4.25$10.61$60.14
$80.00$4.53$11.32$64.15
$85.00$4.81$12.03$68.16
$90.00$5.09$12.74$72.17
$95.00$5.38$13.44$76.18
$100.00$5.66$14.15$80.19
$150.00$8.49$21.23$120.28
$200.00$11.32$28.30$160.38
$250.00$14.15$35.38$200.47
$300.00$16.98$42.45$240.57
$400.00$22.64$56.60$320.75

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Note that the 6% tax is calculated as Sales Price x (0.06/1.06)

and the commission is calculated as (Sales Price – Tax) x 0.15