I know of a case where an photographer started an edition in dye and had a
printing company do the printing. Photographer had the prints printed up
only when he sold them. Over time the printing company got tired of
keeping the old dye machine around when they had moved on to pigment prints.
Thus the later numbered prints in the edition had a more archival life span than
the earlier numbered one printed on dye. So the reverse of the lithograph
editions where the earlier numbered prints in an edition are more valuable
becomes true in the technological advancements in printing.
Roy
In a message dated 11/4/2010 4:07:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dd-b@xxxxxxxx writes:
older art print |