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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 162076, member: 56"]The whole issue would be easier if you had prints instead of plates. Sometimes plates are cancelled after an edition has been pulled. This can be done by scribing a line through the image, or punching a hole in the plate... the intent being to spoil the image and render the plate unprintable. Probably not what you want to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>As others have said, if you sell the unadulterated plate, whoever buys it can pull an edition of prints from it. This is frequently done. There are many posthumous editions of Hogarth, Audubon, Hokusai, Rembrandt, etc., etc. People specialize in knowing what print came from which edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you could have a stamp made reading something along the lines of "from the estate of Leslie Henderson" And have that stamped into each plate so that the plate could not be reprinted without that information being included.</p><p><br /></p><p>To sell the plates, I would refer to a reputable auction house. They should have experience with the issues pertaining to the sale of such items and be able to advise you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 162076, member: 56"]The whole issue would be easier if you had prints instead of plates. Sometimes plates are cancelled after an edition has been pulled. This can be done by scribing a line through the image, or punching a hole in the plate... the intent being to spoil the image and render the plate unprintable. Probably not what you want to do. As others have said, if you sell the unadulterated plate, whoever buys it can pull an edition of prints from it. This is frequently done. There are many posthumous editions of Hogarth, Audubon, Hokusai, Rembrandt, etc., etc. People specialize in knowing what print came from which edition. Perhaps you could have a stamp made reading something along the lines of "from the estate of Leslie Henderson" And have that stamped into each plate so that the plate could not be reprinted without that information being included. To sell the plates, I would refer to a reputable auction house. They should have experience with the issues pertaining to the sale of such items and be able to advise you.[/QUOTE]
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