----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Shell"
Subject: Re: Limited edition prints?
In the days when artists made prints from etching plates, lithographic plates, wood blocks, etc., the first prints were always sharper than the last ones. The plate or block deteriorated with use. This was the reason for preferring early prints in an edition. With photographic silver prints or digital inkjet prints this is no longer the case, and the last print in an edition will be just as good as the first, so it makes no sense for a collector of photographs to prefer earlier prints in an edition.
When I was doing limited editions, I found that the later prints were better than the first, as I couldn't help but refine the printing process as I made subsequent prints.
William Robb
