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hs0zfe
I love the quality, the tonal range and the detail of fine prints. Never managed to produce one myself.

Is there a market, as I have been searching for a long time for original fine prints without speculating on increases in value and I do not care whether they are autographed. Even the photographer's name is not important. I just want this level of perfection.
bill t.
Don't really understand your question.

However, if it's tonality you like then look for old advertising, commercial, and portrait photographic prints from the days when the view camera was king, there are quite a few really superb prints in among that stuff. You need to look quick, ebay is driving up prices! But that would be stuff from the 20's through 50's, not the 90's for which I care little. Long live Royal-X Pan!
Rob C
Yes, of course there is a market, but I donīt exactly see how you can expect to get anything worthwhile without paying through the nose for it today. A print, of perfect technical quality (for me, a well-glazed one) with all possible tones on show is meaningless unless the content is worth looking at too.

To get that latter quality, I suggest that you forget all about landscape and the ubiquitous pepper shots and look at the work of guys that used to be with Globe Photos in the 50s. A personal view, but that was a time when quality was taken for granted or you felt, no, absorbed the caress of the doorknob on your way out.

Have fun, but be prepared to spend or forget it.

Rob C
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