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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 401110, member: 301"]If you just like it for decor....fold it trim it, it doesn't matter.</p><p>For re-sale , any alteration to the print ruins it's collectors value.</p><p><br /></p><p>During my many years of framing 1st nations prints it was agonizing to place a $60 silkscreen print in a simple frame that still cost me $112 even at wholesale !</p><p>Then I had to sell it without doubling up on the frame price !!</p><p>Many was the time that I sold a $100 print unframed.....& the client would return, complaining to me about their framer asking $250 to frame that print !!</p><p><br /></p><p>There were also times when folks would want to sell me their older framed prints, some of which commanded now , much higher prices than when sold as tourist items in the 60's and 70's.</p><p>For the majority....the prints were in poor condition.....because the frames were so cheap & poorly framed using bad tape, acid mats , cardboard backing.....but I also found that the size of the original print now did not match what was being brought before me....! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Many , of what I saw were prints that had been trimmed ,folded, & cut up to either hide damage or mainly , just to fit smaller frames.</p><p>I rejected the majority....because for me , they were impossible to sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 401110, member: 301"]If you just like it for decor....fold it trim it, it doesn't matter. For re-sale , any alteration to the print ruins it's collectors value. During my many years of framing 1st nations prints it was agonizing to place a $60 silkscreen print in a simple frame that still cost me $112 even at wholesale ! Then I had to sell it without doubling up on the frame price !! Many was the time that I sold a $100 print unframed.....& the client would return, complaining to me about their framer asking $250 to frame that print !! There were also times when folks would want to sell me their older framed prints, some of which commanded now , much higher prices than when sold as tourist items in the 60's and 70's. For the majority....the prints were in poor condition.....because the frames were so cheap & poorly framed using bad tape, acid mats , cardboard backing.....but I also found that the size of the original print now did not match what was being brought before me....! :wacky: Many , of what I saw were prints that had been trimmed ,folded, & cut up to either hide damage or mainly , just to fit smaller frames. I rejected the majority....because for me , they were impossible to sell.[/QUOTE]
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