Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" <cj@...> wrote:
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> Hello Richard,
> 
>the whole issue is pure BS it's supossed to let some buyer know he has acquired a valuable 
art piece in a limited edition, what a farce, are photographers other than adams, weston and 
the like actually selling prints worth 30,000 dollars I hardly think so. christies auction house 
is getting at times upward of 100,000 dollars for photograph with no # system just a rare, 
and fairly famous artist.  If there was a seriousness about image preservation in small #'s the 
photo industry would go to a system like the French have for paintings I bought an andre 
Brasilier print in 1973 in Paris and on the back to this day there is a french goverment agency 
certificate of authenticite it's # 34 or 150 of the only press run done it's a litho and yes 31 
years later I still know it's an original. As an example Adams original portofolios had 5 proof 
prints or artist proofs and then a limited # on each print, but these were not the last prints 
pulled from those negatives.  look at all the original adams print in the marketplace. here is a 
novel idea well not really I read years ago a french photographer did this, he produced his 
limited edition of prints I think around 50 was his quanity then destroyed the negatives now 
that's a serious numbering system.