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<p>[QUOTE="TT Antique, post: 4000968, member: 2653"]Even though there is a widespread public ignorance when to comes to prints, thereby allowing the opportunity to get original art prints at cheap prices, yes there are many variables at play as moreotherstuff mentioned. Besides restrikes from original plates, there is also the issue of coloring of original prints. With some colored prints though the prints were original from the artist hands, the colorings were added at a later time and some dealers and collectors do not like that. </p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to giclee it is a mine field especially for 'on the spot judgment' out in the field. But If one is able to distinguish gicless accurately somehow by just looking , it could be a gold mine for him as the misattributions could be in both directons...to the very least he could be protected from making a mistake in buying giclees as originals.</p><p><br /></p><p>TTA[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TT Antique, post: 4000968, member: 2653"]Even though there is a widespread public ignorance when to comes to prints, thereby allowing the opportunity to get original art prints at cheap prices, yes there are many variables at play as moreotherstuff mentioned. Besides restrikes from original plates, there is also the issue of coloring of original prints. With some colored prints though the prints were original from the artist hands, the colorings were added at a later time and some dealers and collectors do not like that. When it comes to giclee it is a mine field especially for 'on the spot judgment' out in the field. But If one is able to distinguish gicless accurately somehow by just looking , it could be a gold mine for him as the misattributions could be in both directons...to the very least he could be protected from making a mistake in buying giclees as originals. TTA[/QUOTE]
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