pricing museum glass

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I have seen thoughts on adding extra labour when pricing museum glass but no one actually gives the markup they use.
I see it as an easily damaged product that sits on inventory for a long time with rather high wastage but at say 3x markup + extra time it can be a real revenue generator.

Wow I have time to write this!

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WOW, I HHVE TIME TO READ THIS! lol godd mark-up, at least 2.7 x. Am enjoying selling 20% if not more. Happy Holidays. Enjoy the eggnogg! esp. with rum. lol
 
Anybody else think that Lyoncat may be having the company Christmas party this evening?

Just a hunch . . .
 
How much do you guys up there in the Land of the Dollar bill pay for a lite of museum glass?
 
I know its not museum glass but I use that clearcolour glass by Denglass.Neilsen distribute it in the UK.It costs me £250 for five sheets at 30 inches by forty.Plus VAT at 17.5%!!!!Expensive stuff.It seems to originate over your side of the pond and I just wondered what it cost you guys.

Rip off Britain and all that!I can then give the poor rep a hard time if we are paying a fortune and you are getting it for next to sod all.

As for museum glass I don`t sell any of it ever.I have tried to push it to my customers who do bring me top quality artwork but they just don`t want it.They accept the proper techniques for mounting the work to museum standard but are just not interested in the glass.Maybe we are just Philistines over here!
 
The price of museum glass varies a lot. Larson-Juhl Seattle wants about $335 a box (24 x 36) for tru-vue. Our glass supplier had tru-vue, then preservation denglas at about $250 a box. They recently went back to tru-vue and jacked the price to $325 without telling us. National Glass, Woodinville WA and Portland OR has both brands at about $255, but they don't deliver anywhere near Aberdeen. Preservation denglas is easier to use since you can cut either side and either side can face the art work; it also has fewer flaws.
 
Reynard

You should talk to John Palmer Mirror and Glass in Surrey he is possible the biggest importer of all or most types of glass for the framing business in Europe, including Tru Vue products, I only had samples from him I just could not get the numbers to work in Ireland the cost of getting the glass across that strip of water made it pointless to ship on a regular bases.

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Dermot
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