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I can kinda understand why he'd charge so much. Three reasons: First, he's pretty good. Not the best, but still, pretty good. Second, he's popular. People are going to want his art simply because of the name attatched. It increases the demand. And third? Because he can. *shrugs*

It recently occured to me that the pricing of artists' commissions would, of course, fit in the whole supply/demand thing. Lots of people want his stuff, but obviously, he can't do drawings for everyone, he'd never have time otherwise. So a popular artist would have to restrict the number of commissions they can do. Increasing the price of the commissions also reduces the number of commissions, too. From a cold, marketing possition, it would be ideal to put the price of a commission at or just below the amount that would result in the number of commissions one is able to take.

At least, that's the purely supply/demand marketing thinking.