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What is a good number for limited edition prints?

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What is a good number for limited edition prints?
What is a good number for limited edition prints depends on what you mean by good. If you're wondering how many prints in a series are best from a collector's standpoint, the smaller the number of prints, the more valuable the individual pieces are likely to be. In other words, the prints in a run of 30 will be rarer than a run of 100, so it is possible that the smaller run will be more valuable. If by "good" you mean which number in a particular series is best to buy, the answer is that there really isn't a better number. The print marked 1/30 and the one marked 30/30 will be identical and of equal value, assuming they are kept in similar condition. However, when a gallery sells prints in numerical order, the price may go up as the prints sell. In that case, you may pay more for print 30/30 than the buyer for 1/30 did. As the price increases, the extra amount paid could mean a lower return on investment. Shop a large collection of art prints on 1stDibs.
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Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church /// History of Dorset English Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773) Title: "Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church" (Plate 15) Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Year: 1861-1870...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Prints

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Engraving

"The Moon" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1938 and published in Paris by Teriade for the art revue Verve (volume 1, number 2). Andre Masson was invited to contribute an original compos...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Orca Breach" 30x50, Black and White Killer Whale Orca Photography, Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Orca Breach"- 2017 Salish Sea 30x50 Edition of 10 Signed and numbered by artist Printed on archival paper and using archival inks Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

36x48 "Lion Portrait" Black and White Lion Photography, Photograph Unsigned Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion. Unsigned Print Archival Pigment print. Framing available. Inquire for rates. FREE SHIPPING Shane Russeck has built a reputa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Notre-Dame Cathedral from the Seine
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 7 x 8 3/4 inches (177 x 223 mm); sheet 10 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (267 x 300 mm), full margins. Signed V. E. Chapel and numbered 62/250 in penc...
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Early 20th Century French School Landscape Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British history color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed Bletchley Park in partnership with Hertfordshire University and Bletchley Park Trust, to document Alan Turing’s historic past at Bletchley. He was privileg...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

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