Stone Carvings, How to reach collectors

[hudsonhacker]

Came across (and bought!) a marble carving from a Canadian Artist called Roland Nicolas. From what I have manged to find out, he was a bit of a recluse, but his works have sold throughout the world, for significant dollars. How would I best market a high end piece that has a high value, but limited market acceptance? To the collectors of his  work, these are worth thousands of dollars (according to a high end gallery owner in eastern Canada who was a friend of the artist). My problem is reaching these collectors. I figure this forum is a starting point.

Are there any websites dedicated to stone carvings or marble carvings? I am having trouble finding a dedicated website forum for this type of art. Really , really cool piece. Sorry the pixs are so blurry, bad light and a bad camera!

[sapphire]

A bit about the artist and his work...... (you likely have already seen this site)

http://www.johnwiseman.net/roland_nicolas_stone_sculpture.html

Same site.......they deal in his work, so possibly a good contact (they're located quite near Perce)

http://www.johnwiseman.net/contact_us.htm

Using 'roland nicolas sculpture' in Google images, all the pictures are attributed to this same site (La Maisonart)

http://images.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1221&bih=668&q=roland+nicolas&gbv=2&oq=roland+nicolas&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=745l6810l0l7715l16l15l1l7l7l0l260l1345l0.4.3l7l0#hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=roland+nicolas+sculpture&pbx=1&oq=roland+nicolas+sculpture&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=19154l21637l0l22190l10l10l0l8l0l1l332l655l3-2l2l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=5f4ec5189cf0f171&biw=1221&bih=668

[hudsonhacker]

Those seem to be the only sites that refer to his work, yet I have spoken to 3 separate dealers in Montreal, and they have all heard of this artist. Just bizarre! The guy definitely flew under the radar screen. I have a meeting with a down town (Read expensive) gallery on the weekend to see how I might proceed with them. Fingers crossed! I expect to pay them a cut of 35-40% of any sales priice for consigning the piece (if it is higher than that, I will work the sales directly myself somehow!)