Bob Kiss (bobkiss@caribsurf.com)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:24:38 -0700
DEAR RICHARD,
Yes, I know that New York requires galleries to give a disclosure
statement (or did in1993 when I moved out) with each print sale.
PLEASE NEVER DESTROY NEGATIVES: They are historical documents and many will
be of social and cultural significance that we cannot imagine. It won't hurt
having around those which are not significant as a price to pay to preserve
those that are but only posterity can judge...not us... so keep them safe.
There is a standard procedure for all of this. The negative(s) are
retired to a vault for 100 years, I believe as a lawyers escrow arrangement
(Not certain of this part) when the edition is finished.
I feel certain that, except for those on Mount Olympus, none of us will be
around to make any more prints OF OUR OWN NEGATIVES! These are the vintage
prints. If a museum or anyone else makes many new prints, they only serve
to INCREASE THE FAME AND VALUE OF THE ORIGINAL, VINTAGE, LIMITED EDITION
PRINTS made, signed, and numbered, by the hand of the original
photographer! They do not dilute the value of the originals...they ENHANCE
it. This has been proven repeatedly. And the negatives are still there for
historical, educational, and cultural research.
CHEERS!
BOB KISS
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