[pure-silver] Editions and Numbering

Hi All
All this talk of fibre-prints has got me thinking of the age-old question - "To number, or not to number".
I am sure this has been discussed here before, but if you don't mind could I raise the question again.
How many on the list print photographic prints and sell them as 'art' - in galleries, etc. (as opposed to printing for commercial clients and commissions.) That is, you take a photograph, decide it is worthy of selling, make some prints and frame or mount and sell them through a gallery.
If so, do print an edition, ie.limiting the number of prints, and number the prints accordingly? 

Then the questions are:
How do you determine how many to to print from the negative?
Do you print then all at once - same paper, chemicals, toners, etc.,
or do you print on demand from a catalogue say.
If you choose to print on demand, and let's say you have chosen to print the previos images in the edition on 12 X 16 inch paper, and a client order a smaller or larger image, is it still part of the 12 X 16 edition, or do you stick to your guns and say it comes in only one size? When you price the work, does the selling price increase with the edition number? ie prints numbered 1-10 = $100.00; 11-20 = $150.00 and prints 21-30 = $200.00, and so on.
And then the last question: does the numbering of prints really increase the value of the print, and does the average buyer really understand the concept and appreciate the value of a limited edition?
Sorry for all the questions - it is looking like one of those dreadful surveys we all try to avoid. 

Cheers for now
Harry 
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