J,Would the 'inaccuracy' detract even, the least bit, from the satisfaction of the sale? Depends on your comfort level.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 4/30/2006 8:53:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Now, I actually haven't printed more than 4 or 5 of any of my > photographs. So making them limited editions of 50, or even 25, would > be easy (and meaningless.) It seems like this would add "value" to my > pictures though, for some reason not really related to their content. > > I'm actually thinking about doing this--meaningless as it is, it's > also free for me... > > What are the thoughts of the list about this? > > Cheers, > > j > ======= > I always figured, if I even get to the level of mixing artwork and > photography and producing something, I'd go with limited edition > prints. > > It is definitely the way to go. The way to make money. Buyers want to > know > that they are buying something rather "rare." That, in other words, > there > haven't been hundreds and hundreds of copies run off. (They are also > willing to pay > more that way.) It applies especially well to artwork (silk screens > and > things, although not that many do silk screens anymore), but I am not > sure how well > it applies to photography. And, yes, digital seems to make it rather > silly. > But not completely silly. Having a master doesn't mean that one > literally makes > a continuous series of a bunch of prints. And prints are the product > as far as > most people are concerned, not the master. > > Personally, if I ever do this, I meant to research it. I think there > are > loopholes so that one can do a reprint say in the future, say 20 > years later, if > it is necessary. Forms and legalities. Ways to reassure people this > is a > limited edition (of 25-50-whatever). Guaranteed by the artist. But > that the artist > still retains all rights to the master. And that there is a loophole > for > further reprints if necessary (shows, museums, etc.) There must be > someplace on the > Net that details how to do this legally. > > It's a good idea, in other words. It's the way the art world (and > maybe the > photography world) work. For good reasons, when you think about it. > > Marnie aka Doe > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
