Warm showcases folklore who wants to travel back with the tourists

Haitians and Dominicans Paintings who hide the shadows of a volatile trade. A slow business, but after so much waiting then comes a selling. "It may take one, two or three weeks without winning," says Bruno, a "dealer" who exhibited part of its "goods" on the Malecon. "That is why I do not live just on this", he stressed, "not because art doesn’t sell every day.”

Small traders have left parked Count Tables which form the basis of their businesses. For about 20 days the police were forced to withdraw this picturesque merchandise. The tourist facilities are in this type of business is a strong threat to their source of income.

Meanwhile, the small dealers, "who have not received a consistent explanation, seek a solution." Tables are stored. We look forward to re-sell ", is resigned Francisco Batista. While outside this "controversial street to the business of the paintings," competition is not so brutal.

The quality influences the cost. Not so much the size of the painting. Mainly, the price of the painting depends on the master. "Who is the most famous painter, his work will be more expensive," says Bruno. For example, a box Ramon Lacombe, 8 by 18 cm, costs RDS$5,000 pesos price they tend not to reach the large paintings.

However, "most customers do not know the artists," says Jose Manuel. But when it comes to setting the price, "you have to respect the workforce in art, but just trying customer," states a profit margin between 8 and 10 per cent in both parts of 150 pesos and those of RDS$15,000, that "in this business is not sold every day, but when it sells, it sells." Click for more information