Others just catch on quicker. ;-)
Tom C.
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Limited edition prints?
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 12:36:26 -0600
----- 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
