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Bay Ridge
How to read a print, frame a poster, and care for a work on paper. The notes are from the shop at 8315 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, and the short answer is at the top of each guide.
Prints
How a pencil signature, an edition number, and the printing separate an original lithograph from a poster of one.
Edition numbers, artist's proofs, hors commerce, and printer's proofs, and what those pencil marks under a print actually say.
Serigraph, silkscreen, and screenprint are one stencil process. How to tell an original screenprint from a poster.
Posters
What linen-mounting, also called linen-backing, does for a vintage poster, what it leaves alone, and why dry-mounting is different.
UV-filtering glazing, hinges, and a mat that can come off later. How to frame a vintage poster without harming the sheet.
Framing
Custom framing at 8315 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge: what to bring, how a quote starts, and how metal, wood, and gold leaf differ.
How real 22-carat gold leaf differs from gold paint and composition leaf, and when a carved gold frame earns its place.
Clear glass, non-glare, UV-filtering museum glass, and acrylic. What to ask for when you frame a print or a poster.
Care
Light, humidity, and handling for a print or a drawing at home, following Library of Congress practice for works on paper.
Selling
The four photographs that let a dealer see a signature, an edition number, and the condition of a print before you ship it.