What should I do with older work that I created years ago but haven't been actively selling?

Put it up for sale along with your newer work. If work sold well in the past, it’s timeless—it doesn’t matter whether it’s in vogue now or was popular then. Sometimes older work that didn’t initially sell will start selling once people get to know you as a person and creator. There are cases where artists pivoted to new styles that became successful, and then years later, their original body of work that wasn’t selling suddenly started selling like crazy. It wasn’t that the artwork was the problem—people just didn’t know who the artist was yet. Once they understood the artist’s story and why they were interesting, they started buying everything. Don’t overthink it—get all your work up, put it for sale, and let the market decide.

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Asked by an artist returning to the business after time away · Answered by Patrick · Art Business Webinar · 2026-07-10