posted on April 26, 2001 05:48:29 AM
I have a framed print by a fairly well-known artist that I would like to sell. The frame does not in any way enhance the print. Would you take the print out and sell it that way or would you try to sell it in the frame?
posted on April 26, 2001 06:24:26 AM
I would take the print out of the frame, that way people can get something they like and maybe enhance the print even more.
Also you could throw the existing frame in as sort of a "bonus" for winning.
Ain't Life Grand...
[ edited by Twelvepole on Apr 26, 2001 07:43 AM ]
posted on April 26, 2001 06:42:37 AM
Another consideration is that shipping a rolled print is tons easier than shipping a framed print and also less expensive.
Also, don't forget to measure the item framed, because large framed pics often end up in the "oversized" category of the post office. The formula the PO uses is:
The length + Twice the width + Twice the height
If that total is over 84" you have a large package which is a bit more to ship than just by poundage. If it's over 108" you get into oversized and it could run over $100 to ship.
posted on April 26, 2001 07:45:39 AM
Thanks for your ideas. I was thinking that nobody would really want the frame, especially when you would have to consider the cost to mail. I hadn't really thought about the size thing before.
posted on April 27, 2001 01:17:04 AM
I have sold many litho's on ebay, and I have to say that I will never ship a print or litho rolled. It's less expensive but in the end, the chance for damage is greater. Some people just throw it in the cardboard roll, and it bounces around ending up with bent ends. Others have put rubber band on it, creasing the print or litho. Also, depending what type of paper it is printed on, and the process used, I have found that some rolled lithos and prints don't go flat again.
I now ship flat and my lithos always arrive perfect. It is expense to ship, but I list this in my auctions.
posted on April 27, 2001 09:45:59 AM
There are a couple of other things you might want to consider.
The age of the print and frame, some of your bidders might want the frame depending on the style or period.
It is fairly expensive to have a print custom framed, were I bidding it would be a consideration. I might want it with the frame for the time being, at least I could hang it until I decided whether to spend the extra to have it re-framed or not.
Prints by artists are almost never the standard sizes ie: 18x20 they are nearly always a custom size.
The reasoning being that frame shops sell the artist's prints. The artists makes the print size so the print must be framed by a frame shop.
posted on April 27, 2001 09:59:55 AM
Hi all,
This is a bit off the subject but...I recently acquired some large books with tons of prints of the old masters in them. Unfortunately they belonged to an artist who clipped a page here, a page there for her collages. Is it worth trying to sell the prints, should I even bother to list. I would imagine someone with a frame shop could have a field day with these. Some of the books are from the 40's and 50's printed in Italy and what appears to be good quality paper. Any advice.. I hate to just throw them away. I have a thing about throwing away any kind of book.
Jay
