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Don’t just wing life and make a pricing model for your work
I got the big news: A wealthy collector — appearing out of the blue, coming all the way from northern Germany — was interested in my work. He and his personal gallerist came to our Academy to take a look around and the news of their arrival spread throughout the whole school; he was interested to buy!
But do you want to know what happened?
But do you want to know what happened?
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