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01/27/2006 11:33:13 PM · #26 |
There are a lot of hypotheticals in this discussion, and rightly so. We do NOT have anyone here who has chimed in to claim that they have sold an entire limited edition of a substantial number. I'll conclude my thoughs on this with a few points...
1. I wouldn't discourage anyone from attempting a limited edition.
2. I don't think it's a great idea to create a limited edition and sell it for a rediculously high price. I don't sell mine for any more than I would if it was an open edition.
3. I am creating a couple limited editions as a motivational tool that will help push me to market the prints.
4. If a customer tells you that they would be interested in limited editions, there is no reason not to pursue it.
Photography is a medium that doesn't often generate limited edition sets. It is very time consuming work in the darkroom for a film photographer to do this. As Gordon has stated, it's simple enough to print on demand. The 'limited edition' aspect of photography, especially digital photography, probably doesn't hold much water in the long run. A painter, on the other hand, would never make it financially without creating prints. There is only one original painting. It would not be very economical to make multiples of the same painting. Since I work in a framing shop, I see tons of limited edition prints from painters. In most cases, I see sets that are rather large, like 5000 or even 9900. Do they actually print all of these? I don't know. Will they have any great value? Only time will tell. I'm not as concerned with the future value of my own prints. They will either rot in their frames, find their way into local landfills, or they will be collected fine art collectors all over the world. Either way, I'll be long gone before it matters. So... why do I do it? Because it makes me happy. That's all that really matters :)
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01/29/2006 05:09:47 AM · #27 |
Thanks John, much appreciated!
If I may, I'll contact you for a few tips on this directly.
Brent, would also be interested in how you get on with this, if you go ahead with it too.
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01/29/2006 07:11:38 AM · #28 |
The way I see it, anything anyone buys on DPC is open. It has no borders (unless I add one which I don't) and no signatures. Its a picture.
Then there are the ones I specifically have printed, with borders, signed, mounted, matted, framed, numbered (first print, second print, etc. but not 1ofXXX).
Do I charge a little more for all the extra work? Yes. Why? The customer wants more than a print. Some do, some don't care. If they just want a print, I refere them to DPC or smugmug or whatever...
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01/29/2006 08:33:52 AM · #29 |
Thanks Courtenay.
Yes, anything sold via sites such as DPC Prints is very much sold on an open edition basis since anyone can buy as many copies as they like and these are all identical with no numbering, no signatures etc.
I have also sold some prints that I have matted, signed etc but still as open editions in that I have made no comments to the customers about limited numbers, nor have they asked.
The prices for these matted and signed prints have certainly been a touch higher than what I have charged on DPC Prints but I do think they are better presented, being signed on the matte rather than having digital text and matting included in the print as I have on DPC Prints versions.
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