Oh shit, I arted...possible stuff to sell at Thresholds?

[hermeticdog]

So. I have a crapload of drilled coyote teeth, and two wolf (c. laniger, I believe) teeth, that I'm making into pendants. The quality of my laptop camera is shit, but I tried to make a comparison. The wolf tooth is the one with the red bead, the coyote with the brown. Beads are wood, the thong is cotton (or hemp in the same size/color will also be used).

My question is, would anyone be interested in these, should I decide to vend them at Thresholds? I am thinking, at least half the proceeds for the coyote teeth, and all the proceeds for the two wolf teeth will go to the Defenders of Wildlife to offset the Northern Rockies/ Yellowstone wolf lawsuit. I'm thinking around $10 - $15 for the coyote teeth, $20 for the wolf? Is this reasonable? I've honestly never really sold anything before, especially not anything I've made.

Any feedback, especially from people attending the event, would be appreciated.

Comments

[crowebasalt.livejournal.com]

i would be super-interested in a coyote tooth necklace, if you'd want to sell one over the 'net.

[orthaevelve.livejournal.com]

Those are very reasonable prices. I might even say to go a couple dollars higher on the wolf teeth, as undrilled they sell for around $10-20 each. Nice work and benefit idea, by the way. Let me know if you ever want to vend with me at craft shows, or come down and do crafting with Lyssa, Mika and I.

[lupabitch.livejournal.com]

*nods* Those are nice--simple, and they let the fangs "speak" for themselves, so to speak. I say take them Thresholds, see what happens. And IMO, the prices are just fine--orthaevelve had it right on the "just the tooth" prices.

You could also try doing a silent auction over the weekend with the wolf necklaces, and let them go to the highest bidder. Since you were thinking of letting all the proceeds for the wolf necklaces go to Defenders anyway, this might be a fun way to raise money and make people aware of the issue. Then you could just sell the coyote necklaces outright--that way if someone just wants a necklace they can just buy one, but if they're really after the wolf necklace they can help drive the bidding up.

[canisrattus.livejournal.com]

I'd definatly want a wolf one if you'd be willing to sell it over the net. It would have to wait a month or so though >< (unless you wanted to trade art?)

[dogemperor.livejournal.com]

Won't be able to make it to Thresholds this year :(, but I *am* still quite interested. (And I'm quite willing to do Paypal if you are.)

[kallistonire.livejournal.com]

I would love a wolf tooth (coyote if they're all sold), but I live in England; would that be a problem with the shipping?

[countershade.livejournal.com]

Audra really loves the idea of having coyote 'pieces'. So we'd definitely buy something like that if you come back with any after Thresholds.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

That sounds wonderful. I would love to support the lawsuit as well as to own one of these pieces, and I think others would feel that way as well.

[rogue-coyote.livejournal.com]

Consider me interested in one of the coyote teeth pendants.