[LRflex] Re: Request for advice
- From: Walter Kramer <walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:46:36 +1100
Thanks to all who responded. Looks like I'll be keeping the negative.
I'll be stoked if it sells though.
Walter
Sonny Carter wrote:
> Unless one is very famous already, I cannot fathom why a limited edition
> would make your prints more valuable.
> Perhaps you are very famous, but I wasn't aware of that.
>
> I was just looking at some 1940-50's photography for sale here in New
> Orleans yesterday, and though some prints were obviously from scanned
> negatives, and newly printed by modern means, they had other prints from the
> negatives priced much higher. These were still making revenue for the
> photographer's family.
>
> I'm not so sure how well the "real" prints do against the others, but, once
> you cut up the negative, that's it for "original prints." You just have to
> ask yourself if you are famous enough or productive enough to limit your
> editions.
>
> I imagine that among photographers who sell prints there are some shots that
> sell over and over, despite the number sold, despite the price. "Moon
> over..." comes to mind. You can buy a print of that shot today in "A
> Gallery for Fine Photography," just ten blocks from where I sit. I forgot
> his asking price, but hey, No one cut up that negative, Thank God.
>
>
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Walter Krämer
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