Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What about Gursky's huge colour prints (digitally done) that sell for up to $70,000 now?? Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark > Rabiner > Sent: March 6, 2001 4:19 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: Re: Piezography - real print or not? > > > Austin Franklin wrote: > > > > > >> And you end up with a "real" print! ;-) > > > > > > > >How long will these prints last? > > > > > > 200 years minimum. > > > > For Cibas? Naw. Not even close from my experience. You're > lucky to get > > 20-25 years out of them...and at that, the fading will be quite > noticeable. > > > > If you hermetically seal them and expose them to no light, possibly... > > The art world however seems to have been fooled. > Color prints had been hardly worth the paper they're printed on > (OK 2 3 hundred) > but black and whites get that extra decimal point. > But Ciba's became the exception. They could sell for many thousands. > I saw a large one on a wealthy persons wall right next to the > large Karsh of > Churchhill and many pricey others. > It was the only color print in the whole house. > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ >