[Leica] Limited Editions and Pricing

[telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)]

Teresa299@aol.com wrote:

> Slightly OT but somewhat related to the pricing prints thread from last 
> week 
> or so....for those of you selling prints, how do you determine whether you 
> are 
> going to limit the number of prints of any particular image or not.   And 
> if 
> only selling a limited edition, how do you set a number?  I sometimes see 
> folks limiting to 20 others up to 100 or so.  Is the number just a matter 
> of 
> throwing a dart at a dartboard?  marketing?   wishful thinking?

AFAIK the concept of limited editions stems for an age when the process of 
making the prints wears out the plates or other materials used to make the 
print.  After X number of prints the tools were sufficiently worn that 
additional prints wouldn't be up to par.  Since electrons don't wear out 
(they only get recycled), for those of us using some form of electronic 
printing the concept is now marketing more than anything else.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com