Digital BW, The Print

At 11:34 AM 3/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Alan wrote:
>
>>It is more likely that silver prints will become more rare and always
>demand
>>a higher price.
>
>In general, I agree that scarcity of silver prints would lead to higher
>prices. However, as Todd suggests in his comments on this subject, "...it's
>about fad, fashion, celebrity, salability, being "hot", and a zillion other
>things..." One of those "other things" is alternatives. Who knows what will
>be competing with antique silver prints for the collector's/investor's
>dollar a couple of generations from now.
>
>In the end, there are so many factors that affect value that we don't always
>know for sure how much impact each factor has today, much less a generation
>or two hence.
>
>Alan, I'm not sure what you mean by your comment:
>
>>How can the most widely used medium be worth more than a novelty?
>
>Can you elaborate?
>
>Tom Keesling
>Intelligent Design, Inc.
>

It seems to me that the most widely used medium will be digital prints and
the silver print will be the novelty in a collector's market. Hey, it's all
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