Hello

Just wondering if there's a market for pre-shot stereo 120mm slides?

For example I shot a fashion show and back stage studio of london latex design co - Libidex and the main owner didn't want them so there's a set there I could sell.

Does one need to sell them with a viewer?

I figure a set of 10 is ideal as that a perfect number for the drum viewer.

Cheers

Mark

 

thanks for the replies.

I discovered a local small gallery in Brighton's North Laines has graduate photo student show on and there was 5 small wall mounted light boxes on the wall with the basic slide viewer in it (plastic one).

There was a limited print run of 10 per image. The slide and I'm guessing light box were being sold for £450.

The portraits were pretty good imho. I'm just somewhat shocked by cost they're asking for. Gallery couldn't confirm if they were dupes. They think they were.

M

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, David Lee wrote:
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> I wouldn't say that there is a huge market for them, but there are people who collect good stereo images in any format. I have sold a number of 120 slides ranging in price up to $1000 each. The trade show at the NSA convention is a good place to start. Most people who collect 120 slides would have their own viewer, but it wouldn't hurt to have a few viewers to sell to potential buyers.
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> David Lee
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> From: Mark
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> Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 11:44:24 PM
> Subject: [MF3D-group] Selling stereo slides
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> Hello
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> Just wondering if there's a market for pre-shot stereo 120mm slides?
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> For example I shot a fashion show and back stage studio of london latex design co - Libidex and the main owner didn't want them so there's a set there I could sell.
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> Does one need to sell them with a viewer?
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> I figure a set of 10 is ideal as that a perfect number for the drum viewer.
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> Cheers
>
> Mark
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> --- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, David Lee wrote:
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> > I wouldn't say that there is a huge market for them, but there are people who collect good stereo images in any format. I have sold a number of 120 slides ranging in price up to $1000 each. The trade

?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?

Were these exclusive, incredible art gallery items?

I mean, I really like MF slides...but $1,000 each?
(Maybe if it was intimate shots of Marilyn and JFK together...) ;-)

Dear Lattie,

I was just yanking a little length of chain there :-)

Actually, I'm much more immersed in the Fine Arts world than most people realize. I usually see gigantic,contemporary or small, historic prints in high end galleries and museums, but never slide media displayed.

A pop artist friend whom I introduced to stereography saw some pricey MF slide works at Art Basel a few years ago (could they've been by Mr. Lee?). They included what appeared to be handmade, matched viewer and stand. So, it was like a whole, self-contained, conceptual/sculptural package, I guess. He said to the female proprietor, "Oh, these are just like stereo pictures!" But she insisted it was something totally unique and proprietary. ;-)

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, Boris Starosta wrote:
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> Dear Lattie,
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> With respect to David Lee's images, many are one-of-a-kind, carefully
> crafted, very beautiful images. Have you seen them? It goes without
> saying that as MF3d images they are already very rare, and with the imminent
> demise of film.... such images will always remain special rarities.
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> Prices for fine art depend not only on subject matter, but also image
> quality, craftsmanship, rarity, and the personal relationship that
> collectors build with the artist. For some photography buyers, $1000 would
> be a good deal for an image that they love, from an artist they admire, in a
> special format unavailable to most people that gives the most fantastic
> image quality... Some people pay way more than $1000 for photographic
> PRINTS - hardly a unique format.
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> Best to start saving your pennies!
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> Cheers,
>
> Boris
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> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:40 AM, lattie_smart wrote:
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> > > --- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com , David
> > Lee wrote:
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> > > > I wouldn't say that there is a huge market for them, but there are
> > people who collect good stereo images in any format. I have sold a number of
> > 120 slides ranging in price up to $1000 each. The trade
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> > ?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?
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> > Were these exclusive, incredible art gallery items?
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> > I mean, I really like MF slides...but $1,000 each?
> > (Maybe if it was intimate shots of Marilyn and JFK together...) ;-)
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>
> --
> A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems -- Alfréd
> Rényi
>

> I was just yanking a little length of chain there :-)
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> Actually, I'm much more immersed in the Fine Arts world than most people realize. I usually see gigantic,contemporary or small, historic prints in high end galleries and museums, but never slide media displayed.

its rare.

> A pop artist friend whom I introduced to stereography saw some pricey MF slide works at Art Basel a few years ago (could they've been by Mr. Lee?). They included what appeared to be handmade, matched viewer and stand. So, it was like a whole, self-contained, conceptual/sculptural package, I guess. He said to the female proprietor, "Oh, these are just like stereo pictures!" But she insisted it was something totally unique and proprietary. ;-)

Oh I made one of those. I like the way people have to work to see the images - a small dance ensues. Whats great too is if people see it, ignore it or even actively distance themselves from it.

www.myspace.com/geometricprimitiv
and it in use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGVDoxCGd9A

I'll have it rebuilt one day using better lens and better light set up.

M

In the larger fine art world, stereoscopic images pretty much have to be shown and sold as "installation art."

Yep, you'd have to offer the glasses or viewer in some clever, integrated way.

I've also seen hand-made art and collage pieces offered in motion or 3D lenticulars - that's a pretty familiar format to buyers and no glasses required.

But MF slides have such a "wow" factor - and an inviting mystery in the form of the viewer.

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, Boris Starosta wrote:
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> In the larger fine art world, stereoscopic images pretty much have to be
> shown and sold as "installation art."

the funny thing I keep finding is two fold:

1- People can admire and be blown away by the 120mm format 3d and yet can't conceptualize their own subject matter in that format, so I need to do a 1 roll test shoot.

2 - They then 'hoard the precious' as it were rather than show it around in public.

M

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, "lattie_smart" wrote:
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> Yep, you'd have to offer the glasses or viewer in some clever, integrated way.
>
> I've also seen hand-made art and collage pieces offered in motion or 3D lenticulars - that's a pretty familiar format to buyers and no glasses required.
>
> But MF slides have such a "wow" factor - and an inviting mystery in the form of the viewer.
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> --- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, Boris Starosta wrote:
> >
> > In the larger fine art world, stereoscopic images pretty much have to be
> > shown and sold as "installation art."
>