The Bartender Never Gets Killed

I could do with some help on this one…

I recently wrote I was negotiating a sale of a print

Well, I’m still negotiating! Main sticking point now is perspex or glass. Glass is expensive and heavy in large format frames, but the potential customer is a heavy smoker (yeah, I know but it is Spain), and the guy has been scared off using perspex by that stupid frame shop I wrote about in an earlier post, who said that perspex needs replacing twice a year in a smoky environment… any ideas?

Been really busy and I’ll be posting the results soon, but first a rant…

I’ve a customer who wants to buy this print…

He’s an art collector and this is his first photograph. Size is 50×150cm. I’m not doing the frame. I sent him along to the best photo framers in town. They do all the big museums and galleries, they will also be printing the image. They deal ONLY in photography.

So, he goes one Saturday just after they closed, but there was a guy he talked to who gave him prices and options. Then, the best bit, the guy in the shop said ‘you know a photo only lasts for 15 years…’?

So I then have an outraged customer who more-or-less says he can’t trust me. So, I download Wilhelm, Kodak tech specs for Endura paper etc etc calms the guy down, but the doubt remains.

What the hell can you do when even ‘the experts’ give potential customers a crock of shit???