How many art medals are made of each design?
That decision is made by the artist or the organization which commissions the artist to create the pattern. If the artist creates the art medal in his own studio (called atelier) from his own pattern a typical quantitycalled edition is usually small, say 5 to 20 pieces (but this number may be 1 up to whatever). Collectors who purchase art medals prefer the fewest pieces possible (and hope the entire edition sells out quickly). An organization, which may mount a large promotion for their sale, may set the edition size at over a 100 or over 1,000, a quantity they feel they can market within the time of their promotion. TOP PAGE Are these pieces serially numbered? Ahh-ha! You’ve been listening to collectible shows or watching QVC on television. With the rise of the industry suppling newly-made collectible items, a lot of sales hype has arisen. Serially numbering items in a fixed edition is a device to indicate (but not insure!) that only this fixed, announced number will be manufactured.
