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LadyHawk
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 22:27
We are having a garage sale this weekend and I would like to sell some of my 12x18 and 8x10 Epson Watercolor Paper/Ultrachrome Ink prints. I am a perfectionist, so these first prints are never acceptable to me but the difference between them and my final prints would be invisible to most.

It's a garage sale so I know I can't ask much. How much would you spend for a "Museum Quality Glicee Print" at a garage sale?
cactusclay
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 22:30
Sorry, but I don't even know what it is.
LadyHawk
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 22:33
Sorry, but I don't even know what it is.

Sorry. Glicee is a fancy word used by some photographers to describe their inkjet prints. It is derived from a French word that means "the spraying of ink."
robertwgross
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 22:48
Karen, if the prints are mounted and matted, then they look much more formal and will bring a better price. On the other hand, the foamboard and matting costs money and time.

If it is really ordinary stuff, you may have a hard time getting your printing costs back. If it is good stuff, then you may get most of a regular price.

Inkjet prints can take a beating if customers are handling them much.

---Bob Gross---
LadyHawk
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 23:01
Karen, if the prints are mounted and matted, then they look much more formal and will bring a better price. On the other hand, the foamboard and matting costs money and time.

If it is really ordinary stuff, you may have a hard time getting your printing costs back. If it is good stuff, then you may get most of a regular price.

Inkjet prints can take a beating if customers are handling them much.

---Bob Gross---

Thank you, Bob. I am going to hang the photos along a wall so they won't be handled at all. They are unmatted prints but I could get busy this week and cut a lot of mats. :confused:
robertwgross
20th of April 2005 (Wed), 00:12
On mine, each one has a printed label on the back of the foamboard mounting, and it identifies the photo title, location, and photographer with copywrite date. That way, a customer thumbing through them does not have to ask fifty questions of where each one was taken.

---Bob Gross---