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Shayla

Shayla

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Something that Jeff Rodier wrote the other
day is floating around in my head. He said
that when a mass marketed poster is
printed, there are 10,000 copies in a run.
His comment was a reference to the
ridiculous practice of calling huge runs
of prints limited editions.

I framed a 'limited edition' awhile back, that was
from an edition of over 69,000prints. Jeepers that's
a lot. I've always thought it was just plain silly to
make so many and pretend they're worth a lot,
but what he wrote sure does put that fact
in sharp relief. :faintthud:
 
Thorny Subject...

shayla said:
...His comment was a reference to the
ridiculous practice of calling huge runs
of prints limited editions...

...I always thought it was just plain silly to
make so many and pretend they're worth a lot,
but what he wrote sure does put that fact
in sharp relief...
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Discussing Art can become emotional and subjective, but for what its worth... A few important points worth considering.
  • "Limited Editions" is a term only and depending upon the demand for a particular artist, 10,000 may be a small run, or 100 may be a large run.
  • A "limited edition" lithograph or Giclee is really nothing more than a Signed and Numbered reproduction.
  • Most Europeans consider "Limited Editions" to be Signed by the artist or estate, and not always numbered. They typically include Serigraphs, Stone Lithographs and Etchings.

Jeff has a point.

John
 
The size of an edition and rather the artist is making a wise choice is a distinction I just don't care to make. How a LE print is framed is a decision the customer makes and not me. The size of an edition or perceived value is of little significance to me. Actually an argument can be made that the higher the perceived value the more likely the owner will be to frame it well. If we could get artist to sign and number Portal Posters that would be find and dandy with me!

If an artist can print and sell 65,000 prints then I'm genuinely happy for them and I hope they sell for a mint. I can't possibly see how this could be a point of contention for a framer. Now an artist on the other hand......

I'm not selling 1000's of any image but I have chosen to number and sign but not limit my photos at all. I suppose that puts me firmly in the junky poster category and that's fine. So I guess even as an artist edition sizes is not a point of contention for me.
 
Well, if we are talking about Thomas Kinkade, then an edition of under 200,000 is truly a limited edition. For him, that is.
 
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