LJ frame from out of the US?

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Jesse

Jesse

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So I just had a customer the other day that framed a few things, she said she was traveling out of the US fell in love with a work and bought it. The artist or gallery said it would be cheaper to frame it here (in the us), rather than ship the finished work to the US. That we could get the frame. So I was set with the task, and contacted the artist, she sent me this flyer. I called LJ and the rep that answered couldn't find anything under the number. The customer wants exactly that frame, have you seen something similar or heard of this line?
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Did you ask what country she purchased the art in? I know that LJ is a world wide company that has different lines for different markets. From what I can tell of the mouldings in the photo, similar lines were added by a number of US suppliers. Many if not most of them have been discontinued already. This is an eye candy line IMO and would be a tough sell, but when it did, it could be awesome.
 
Yeah, that was my thought when I saw the frame. Eye candy is a great term for it. She showed me a pic of the finished piece and it is really great.

I dropped the gallery an email to find out where they are located. I'll get back to you on that. Worst case maybe we can have the gallery send us a stick of it...

-Jesse
 
Yes, I think it's one of those high-gloss frames Roma came out with about 4 years ago. The Lavo collection.
 
If you're looking for the white gloss check out Omega 80725.
It's not the same frame, but might be an ok sub?
 
Thanks, its a very nice frame. I like it a lot, I'll show it to the customer.

Here's the frame, it's a Dutch version from LJ. Do you know anyone that will ship to the us. The customer was pretty specific that's what she wants. Worst case I can imagine asking the gallery to send a chop in a tube... :)

http://www.larsonjuhl.nl/p-979-869002.aspx?itemid=2567&CatId=1

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Jeff Rodier said:
Why won't LJ ship it to you?
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My rep couldn't even get a US discontinued from Canada, where it was in stock. They are not set up to deal with customs on an individual shipment basis, and are separate companies on the books.

The Gallery shipping it is probably the only way - but at what cost?
 
I had an issue like this. Customer had art shipped from Canada to the US and it broke. It was an active moulding in Canada, and the moulding was in stock in Chicago, however even though it was physically IN the US, they would not sell it to any framer in the US.

...there's a lot of quirks with LJ.
 
That looks a lot like LJ's Veranda, which is available in the US. It's not a glossy white finish, but perhaps you can strip it, and give it a glossy white finish of your own?
 
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