Purchase of images depends on usage, research required, size of print, and number of photos needed. Images are offered at our discretion. Purchases of more than 10 images at publication-quality resolution must be approved on a project by project basis. Note that not all images in the gallery are available for purchase. Research quality images with a watermark are available at a reduced price. Contact us if interested.

Note that some images you see in the gallery are copyrighted and not available for purchase. We have them here for your viewing pleasure, but do not have rights to sell from all the copyrighted images in our collection. Many of the copyrighted collections such as that of Robert Sand are available for purchase. We reserve the right to refuse the purchase of any images. We are working toward updating the gallery software so that it will not show the purchase option for any such images.

All prices are for one time use. Prices are quoted in US funds. This price list may be revised any time, but agreed upon prices will not be changed. Please note that images from some of the photographers in our collection require a markup to cover royalties to the photographer or his estate.

Search fee: If photos are needed that are not found in the online database we charge a search fee for finding them in the physical collection.

We will search for particular images. We charge a basic $50 search fee for a restricted search in areas where we think the image should be. If we must do an extensive search, the fee is $100. It takes a minimum of 2 days to search the entire color collection of better than 20,000 images.

The search for B&W images is $40. Those images are primarily prints in easily searched folders, but they are in a different location than are the color slides.

The search fee is due whether or not we find your suitable image.

Small, 4x6 - $5.50 post paid anywhere in the world - print for personal use, not publishing

Larger prints charged according to size and use, up to 12x18. Prints can be ordered matted as well. See the Samples page for examples of the matted prints.

Pricing for matted prints is as follows:
12x18: $60 ($50 if buying 5 or more prints)
8x12: $30 ($25 if buying 5 or more prints)

Notes:

1) Public display purposes of a 12x18 or larger print for museums, etc., involves public display or exhibition rights, or licensing. Please contact us for pricing.

2) The only print sizes we currently offer where the picture fills the print without cropping are 4x6, 8x12 and 12x18 (which makes a beautiful print). All other sizes will require some cropping of the image.

3) Contact us for information on wholesale pricing for resale. We can provide prints for resale, with or without matting, at a good discount depending on quantity purchased.

The following are standard starting prices paid by publishers:

Small pictures, such as used for a daily calender (which would be provided in a large quantity), $15. Just one small picture would be $25 and up.

Larger pictures:
- 1/4 page, $60
- 1/2 page, $85
- 2/3 page, $120
Full page in book, $150.

Larger picture, such as frontispiece, title page, $250.

Larger picture, such as a fold out, $300-500.

Cover picture, $700-$1000.

Mural size, up to $500.

Price depends upon resolution desired, number of print run, and whether hard or soft bound. Digitized material provided at a resolution suitable for your needs.

Credit Cards accepted via PayPal

Bank transfer, preferred for large orders

US check, unless other arrangements can be made. International Money Orders are no longer accepted.

Make checks payable to:
Ovid Need
2141 N. River Rd
Baker, WV

We can accept e mail contract agreement.

We can provide the photos on CDs, at whatever resolution you require. We have found that a 2000 dpi digitized slide (30 megs, TIF) work fine for article photos. However, cover shots can be the full resolution of 4000 dpi. 50-60 meg TIF files also work fine for prints.

If preferred, we can also make the images available for direct download from our server.