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[Baren 33535] Automatische Abwesenheitsnachricht von Yahoo! (bellwendyr # yahoo.de)
[Baren 33536] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
[Baren 33537] Dating prints ("Harry French")
[Baren 33538] Re: Dating prints (Ragtaghorde # cs.com)
[Baren 33539] Re: Dating prints (David Harrison)

Message 1
From: bellwendyr # yahoo.de
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:05:55 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Baren 33535] Automatische Abwesenheitsnachricht von Yahoo!
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Guten Tag!

Ich bin bis 5 Juni "offline",

aber bin per Handy zu erreichen: 0151 144 24 264

schöne Grüße,

Wendy Bell

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From: Blog Manager
Date: 5 Jun 2007 03:55:25 -0000
Subject: [Baren 33536] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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Message 3
From: "Harry French"
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:36:48 +0100
Subject: [Baren 33537] Dating prints
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Greetings all,
Over the years I have signed my work in a formal way i.e. title: number and type of edition plus my signature. Additional information such as the technique and media I sometimes put on the back of the framed print or the reverse of the actual print outside of the image area. Last night an antique dealer was looking at my prints and was concerned that I did not date them as this could effect prices in the future. I am not really concerned about this, but would be interested in your current views. My opinion is that the front of my prints are already cluttered with pencilled information and if anything I would reduce rather than increase it.
Perhaps I could add the date to the clutter on the back of the prints to keep folk happy!
Regards,
Harry
UK

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Message 4
From: Ragtaghorde # cs.com
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:14:58 EDT
Subject: [Baren 33538] Re: Dating prints
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h.french1@ntlworld.com writes:
> Last night an antique dealer was looking at my prints and was concerned
> that I did not date them as this could effect prices in the future.

I have to say I am not terribly concerned with future prices on my prints - I
figure I will be toes up and it will be someone else's problem. The only
comments I have ever gotten on dates on my artwork (and heard from other artists
regarding theirs) has been negative. People want to see *recent* work, and a
print dated 2000 is seen as somehow lesser than one dated 2007...

I don't date my prints, and, unless it truly is a limited edition (suicide
print, or destroyed plate) I don't even number my linocuts. I like the option
of only ever printing a couple of an image that is less popular, or lots (well,
lots compared to one or two) of something that resonates with buyers. That
also avoids the oh, it must be better because it is 1/25 instead of 25/25. I
do number my drypoints, though.

Annie F.

Annie Fitt
www.anniefitt.com
www.anniefitt.etsy.com
& the Ragtag Horde ~ Whippets of Mass Destruction!
Wake, Virginia

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Message 5
From: David Harrison
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:33:57 +0100
Subject: [Baren 33539] Re: Dating prints
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Harry French wrote:
> Greetings all,
> Over the years I have signed my work in a formal way i.e. title: number and type of edition plus my signature. Additional information such as the technique and media I sometimes put on the back of the framed print or the reverse of the actual print outside of the image area. Last night an antique dealer was looking at my prints and was concerned that I did not date them as this could effect prices in the future. I am not really concerned about this, but would be interested in your current views. My opinion is that the front of my prints are already cluttered with pencilled information and if anything I would reduce rather than increase it.
> Perhaps I could add the date to the clutter on the back of the prints to keep folk happy!
> Regards,
> Harry
> UK

Hi Harry,

A while back I saw a printmaker keeping a public, online log of editions. That
might satisfy some collectors...

cheers,

David H

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