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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 164989, member: 56&quot;]That&#039;s not the way I&#039;m reading it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve found reference not only to gallery samples, but also to gifted prints.&nbsp; Those would be original.&nbsp; And why go through the effort of generating a reproduction when you can take a sample of the print run that&#039;s going ahead anyhow and mark it not for sale?&nbsp; If a gallery owner wants to show something to a prospective buyer, that buyer will want to see what they can expect to purchase - not a reproduction of it.&nbsp; The question becomes: if hors commerce prints are out there and original, what happens to them after the production run is complete?&nbsp; Should it have been destroyed?</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a bit like copies of a new book being distributed to critics for preview before the commercial run hits the shelves.&nbsp; Those books are clearly marked &quot;preview copy&quot; and &quot;not for sale&quot; but they end up on the market anyhow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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