RE: [CH] OFF: collectible print numbering

Bloechl, Sharen Rund (sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:08:28 -0700 

You don't say anything about the content of your print, e.g., subject
matter, but

The proper format  is as you showed below, e.g., 1/500,  which means that
you made up 500 prints [only] for sale as numbered prints, the last being
500/500 - this does not include Artists proofs, printer proofs [similar to
artist proofs] and/or dealer proofs - Artists and printers proofs are
usually a smaller amount and sold for more money; dealer proofs are usually
given to the dealers who display your prints - they are NOT for sale, merely
display

Also, if you're going to number them, you should also sign them

If there is a "known" subject in them such as a race car driver, or a famous
car, it's a money/people draw if you have them sign it also, either the
whole lot or a smaller amount of them (here again, the price will differ
between the two)

Bottom line - N/nnn - means this is a limited print and no more will be
available after the last one has sold

Sharen Rund Bloechl

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	From:  Stober, Karen E, SITS [SMTP:kstober@att.com]
	Sent:  Friday, July 17, 1998 4:29 AM
	To:  chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com
	Subject:  [CH] OFF: collectible print numbering

	Anybody out there collect fine art prints or can point me to a site
that can
	answer my question?  I have created a  print from a drawing of mine
and I
	need to number each of them.  What is the proper format for
numbering a
	print?  I think it is "1/500", with bottom # being the total number
of
	prints and top being this print out of the entire amount. 

	Maybe I should do a chile print next time!  When I had chiles on my
business
	card, several people told me to contact restaurants about designing
menus
	and such.  Is there any interest in a chile print?  I saw lots of
them at
	the bookstalls along the Left Bank in Paris last year.

	Thanks,

	Karen E. Stober
	kstober@att.com