The problem is the bit about having to die before your prints are worth anything. 
I don't think even that would do it for my stuff, Dave! 
Maybe the Elvis trick is the solution (you know, people see him at the grocery store all the time
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As for me, living in Quebec (Canada), there is absolutely no market for photography since the 1970's.
I read that it has to do with a big silk-screen scandal. Galleries were selling photolith prints of printed artwork for the real deal while faking the number of prints made from the original. Once the truth was uncovered, the market for anything that can be produced in series has dropped bellow ground and hasn't surfaced yet.
I even know a girl who tries to sell her prints (with little success). To guarantee that the number of prints is limited, she makes 3 prints of the negative and cuts the negative in 3 parts that she attaches to the back of the print as proof of authenticity!
Like everyone here, I sure would like to sell some prints and be able to make a few bucks in the process.
But I chose to do photography for pleasure. That way, I always get a reward every time I pick up a processed roll at my favorite lab... and opening that envelope, to me, is worth a million bucks.
