Sourcing original art for a client project, a staging inventory, or a hospitality property is a different problem than buying art for yourself. Scale matters. Consistency matters. And the gap between what's available and what's actually useful — in the right quantity, at the right price, with enough depth to furnish more than one room — can be frustrating to close.
We built the Pink Flamingos trade program around exactly that problem. Here's how it works, and why the inventory behind it is genuinely unusual.
The Inventory: Where It Comes From and Why It's Different
Pink Flamingos is a third-generation family business. The collection began in the late 1970s, and the bulk of what we carry today came from a several wholesale acquisitions made in the early 1980s — original lithographs and collotypes produced primarily in the 1940s through 1970s, purchased in wholesale quantities and stored carefully ever since.
That history matters for a practical reason: most of this inventory has never been in circulation. These are not estate sale finds or prints pulled from antique shops. They are original works — not reproductions — that have spent decades in storage, and the condition reflects that. Mint, or as close to it as prints from this era can be.
Most titles are in stock in the dozens to hundreds. Some in the thousands. For trade professionals, that depth is the thing that makes us genuinely useful rather than just interesting.
The Series Advantage: Coherence Across a Space
One detail that tends to matter most to designers: many of the artists represented in our inventory worked in subject variations — the same hand, the same style, different compositions within a theme. Botanical series. Bird studies. Figure groupings.
What that means in practice is that it's possible to source three, four, or five prints that feel like they were designed to be seen together — because in a sense, they were. That kind of visual coherence is difficult to replicate by curating across multiple sources, and it's something we can offer at volume.
Who the Trade Program Is For
Interior designers
If you specify art for residential or commercial projects, the combination of original works, consistent availability, and subject range — botanicals, birds and wildlife, portraits, figures, florals, Art Deco through mid-century — gives you real options without the one-off hunting that most vintage sourcing requires. A handful of titles are also available in large format, up to 30" x 38", which tends to be harder to find in original vintage work.
Home stagers
For stagers building or refreshing an inventory, the depth of stock means you can pull consistent pieces across multiple listings without reordering or hunting. Styles that read as curated without being fussy, at a price point that makes sense for staging economics.
Boutique hospitality operators
B&Bs, boutique hotels, and vacation rentals sourcing art for guest spaces get the benefit of original works — with the provenance and character that a reproduction cannot offer — at a price point well below gallery art. Furnishing several rooms with consistent, original art from the same artist series is workable in a way it simply isn't with most vintage sources.
Trade Pricing
We offer tiered discounts based on order quantity, mix and match across any titles:
- 5–9 prints: 15% off retail (Standard)
- 10–19 prints: 20% off retail (Preferred)
- 20+ prints: 25% off retail (Partner)
Discounts apply per order. Shipping is at cost. Prints are carefully packaged to arrive in excellent condition. If you're in the Portland, Oregon area, you're also welcome to view prints in person before a larger purchase — we're based in Kalama, Washington, just north of the city.
How to Apply
The application is straightforward. We ask for your business name, a link to your website or portfolio, a brief note on how you typically source art for projects, and how you heard about us. We confirm trade status within two business days.
Browse the full inventory at pinkflamingos.shop — collections are organized by subject, artist, and style — and apply for trade access through the trade program page. We're happy to answer questions or pull together options before you apply if you'd like to get a sense of what's available.
Refer a Colleague
Know someone who sources art professionally — an interior designer, home stager, or hospitality operator — who might benefit from the program? We'd love the introduction.
When you refer someone who joins the trade program and places their first order, we'll send you $50 in store credit to use on anything at pinkflamingos.shop. There's no limit on referrals. Just ask your contact to mention your name when they apply — once their first trade order is placed, we'll reach out with the credit.
This works whether you're an existing trade account or a retail customer who happens to know someone in the design world. If you think the inventory is a good fit for someone you know, we're happy to make it worth your while to say so.
