Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is what I do - if I like it, and I think it is a reasonable price (a subjective judgement, to be sure), I buy it. It is purchased for enjoyment, not for investment, but over a long period (15 years and above) the appreciation can be considerable. Of all my investments, the best returns has been generated by my art collection (as in painting) - but most of my canvases were bought 10+ years ago for peanuts, mostly direct from the artist (why pay gallery commissions of 40%?). I do not think photographs can ever generate the same returns - paintings are, after all, by their very nature, extremely limited editions of one!!! I have been buying photographs the last few years, though, in preference to other forms of art. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:12 PM, leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > Did you read this? > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/03/limited-editions.html > > There are no rules. Lithographers used to change a small element of their > image and reprint it and sell it as a new edition. Some photogs make an > edition of a certain size and then change the size and make a new edition. > Sounds like that is what Eggleston did. Probably needs money. Unless a > negative is destroyed, it can be printed. Well that's not true. A print > could be scanned and that reprinted..... > > Like all art, the value is determined by what you want to pay and if you > like it and want to buy it. I have lots of didn't buy a print regrets. > Minor White Jupiter > Portfolio< > http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=1880755 > >for > $!000. Strand's Mexican > Portfolio< > http://www.franklinbooks.com/servlet/the-1756/Paul-Strand-cln--The-Mexican/Detail > >for > $1500. Weston > print for $300< > http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/ew-tina-on-the-azotea-circa-19242.jpg?w=655 > >. > Ansel print $75 (printed by John Sexton, initialed, not signed) . HCB > print $1500, yes that print, the puddle jumping guy. > Willy Ronis for $1000. That would be my non existent collection. > > If you like it, buy it.. > > > Leo Wesson > Photographer/Videographer > 817.733.9157 > www.leowesson.com > > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Trying to have your cake and eat it too? No ethics in art anymore? Is it > > dangerous to purchase "Limited Editions"? > > > > > > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/04/the-plot-thickens.html > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >