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<p>[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 9541977, member: 13761"]The Booker T. Washington photo is a half-tone plate, printed by the relief process from a photomechanically-produced zinc (probably) plate, to be technical. The glossy paper takes the fine detail better than the rougher text paper. Not a very exciting or exotic printmaking method, but cheap & simple. </p><p><br /></p><p>But as for destroying a sound book you find uninteresting, we, the bibliophilic community, would prefer you didn't. It's akin to tomb-robbers saying, 'well, I can sell these pretty pots, so I'm going to dig through and chuck all these worthless bones & bits of cloth - who'd want those?' or someone melting down incomplete or damaged gold jewelry 'because plain gold is easier to sell'. You lose vast quantities of irreplaceable history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Life magazine was produced in the millions per issue. They are COMMON, so of little value. This will, of course, change, as more of them are destroyed by profiteers. Most books, maybe, were produced in the thousands. Though demand may now be low, we don't always know what collectors of the future will value, but it sure won't be vandalized books or contextless pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 9541977, member: 13761"]The Booker T. Washington photo is a half-tone plate, printed by the relief process from a photomechanically-produced zinc (probably) plate, to be technical. The glossy paper takes the fine detail better than the rougher text paper. Not a very exciting or exotic printmaking method, but cheap & simple. But as for destroying a sound book you find uninteresting, we, the bibliophilic community, would prefer you didn't. It's akin to tomb-robbers saying, 'well, I can sell these pretty pots, so I'm going to dig through and chuck all these worthless bones & bits of cloth - who'd want those?' or someone melting down incomplete or damaged gold jewelry 'because plain gold is easier to sell'. You lose vast quantities of irreplaceable history. Life magazine was produced in the millions per issue. They are COMMON, so of little value. This will, of course, change, as more of them are destroyed by profiteers. Most books, maybe, were produced in the thousands. Though demand may now be low, we don't always know what collectors of the future will value, but it sure won't be vandalized books or contextless pictures.[/QUOTE]
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