3 ms·

the fact that prints are reasonably difficult to duplicate that there will only be a limited number in circulation How so? The author can (and probably does) s

• threeseed 5y ago
  Artists sell self signed prints all the time. In limited editions e.g. 50 or 100 as they know that releasing more would reduce scarcity, prices would drop and no-one would buy their art any more. And the prints are difficult enough to duplicate without having some artistic skill. Infinitely more so then choosing Duplicate on a computer.
• masklinn 5y ago
  > How so? The author can (and probably does) sell signed prints all the time. Artists in the signed print run business don’t generally run new runs, for the simple reason that they understand the moral contract and more importantly the economic implications: if you do reprint, the value-add of your assertions plummets. The same artists will usually have other non-numbered or print-on-demand art. > How is a print difficult to duplicate? A multi-layer screen print is not trivial to replicate without the original assets for the individual layers, and material information about the inks. That’s like asking how a painting is difficult to duplicate.