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  • GoBucky
    GoBucky Posts: 198
    bobasfeet wrote:
    Thanks GoBucky looks awesome..Did you get my PM about the Crowes stuff??

    Yep, the only Crowes shows I got to this year were the Summerfest show w/ Petty and the Halloween night show in Chicago...amazing show! I did get the show on IL if you need it. I think I have a copy of their AC/DC opening set, too. The poster was very, very cool!
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,197
    GoBucky wrote:
    Yep, the only Crowes shows I got to this year were the Summerfest show w/ Petty and the Halloween night show in Chicago...amazing show! I did get the show on IL if you need it. I think I have a copy of their AC/DC opening set, too. The poster was very, very cool!

    Did you get that poster??..It was awesome and I missed out on it. The artist put it on his site for sale around Christmas. It was gone in a day..I have the Norfolk, Atlanta, Hampton and Lupos posters. I'll PM you about the show!
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,197
    Ok..I went to the Michael's sale tonight...slightly confused...with the 70% off my first poster came to $110.00..Didn't I read somewhere on here someone went to Michaels for the sale and got 3 posters done for around $100??? I mean I think I have paid that normally when a sale wasn't going on.
  • tdmuw
    tdmuw Posts: 29
    bobasfeet wrote:
    Ok..I went to the Michael's sale tonight...slightly confused...with the 70% off my first poster came to $110.00..Didn't I read somewhere on here someone went to Michaels for the sale and got 3 posters done for around $100??? I mean I think I have paid that normally when a sale wasn't going on.

    There's no way that's right. That would put your before sale price at $370. A professional frame shop with three mats and a really nice frame would barely be that high. Unless you're getting a bunch of nice stuff on it I'd say you're getting screwed.
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,197
    tdmuw wrote:
    There's no way that's right. That would put your before sale price at $370. A professional frame shop with three mats and a really nice frame would barely be that high. Unless you're getting a bunch of nice stuff on it I'd say you're getting screwed.

    Uhh..I walked out with my posters..that was for
    1) 2 acid free mats
    2) Frame
    3) Spacers
    4) UV glass
    5) I guess some sort of assembly fee
  • tdmuw
    tdmuw Posts: 29
    bobasfeet wrote:
    Uhh..I walked out with my posters..that was for
    1) 2 acid free mats
    2) Frame
    3) Spacers
    4) UV glass
    5) I guess some sort of assembly fee

    I'd expect something like that to cost around $250 for a poster around the Mexico '05 size (assuming a frame around $10-$15 per foot) before any discount. I've never been to a frame shop that didn't offer some sort of discount though (AAA, art museum membership, etc.). Also, I'm not sure if you'd really need spacers since the mats will already be holding the poster off the glass.
  • Barely Alive
    Barely Alive Posts: 1,271
    I was quoted $329.00 at Deck the Walls for double matte, UV glass, conservation mount, and simple metal frame on my Ottawa '03. Then it was knocked down to ONLY $230.80 with a 30% off sale hahaha. The next day at a local frame shop I was quoted $180.00 for all the same stuff as the night before with no sale adjustments. Framers in the Philly 'burbs are out of their minds when it comes to framing costs apparently as compared to what some of you pay to have yours done elsewhere in the country. Just for shits and giggles I am going to try Michael's tomorrow. That should be laughable. The first shop also told me not to go to Michael's because they don't use acid free mattes. Um, ok, I'm sure that's 100% correct.

    About American frame- I noticed that their "better/best" matte selections that are said to be 100% acid free have limited color offerings, so I clicked on the "good" mattes for more of a color selection, but noticed that it only says "acid free core" for those....so there must be a difference there obviously. Why would I want an acid free core, when it's not the core that's touching the poster in the first place. If the outer area of the matte has any acid, then who cares about the core?
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,197
    Michael's
    Regular glass for 22x32 = 77.00
    Local Ben Franklin (nice framing store) = 14.95

    Nuff said, buyer beware!!!
  • bostonlou
    bostonlou Posts: 2,849
    Barely Alive wrote:
    About American frame- I noticed that their "better/best" matte selections that are said to be 100% acid free have limited color offerings, so I clicked on the "good" mattes for more of a color selection, but noticed that it only says "acid free core" for those....so there must be a difference there obviously. Why would I want an acid free core, when it's not the core that's touching the poster in the first place. If the outer area of the matte has any acid, then who cares about the core?


    was on american frame for the first time today

    so they have UV glass and no glare glass

    does the UV have a glare?
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  • bostonlou
    bostonlou Posts: 2,849
    tdmuw wrote:
    I'd expect something like that to cost around $250 for a poster around the Mexico '05 size (assuming a frame around $10-$15 per foot) before any discount. I've never been to a frame shop that didn't offer some sort of discount though (AAA, art museum membership, etc.). Also, I'm not sure if you'd really need spacers since the mats will already be holding the poster off the glass.


    frame shops seem to be like mattress places... there's always a sale
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  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    bobasfeet wrote:
    Has anyone got their Philly or Gorge yet????

    Got Philly today.. figure Gorge early next week... Can't wait to get the Philly one framed.
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  • The Kids Are Alright
    The Kids Are Alright Posts: 93
    got philly today........framing thunder vay using americanframe......ill get it done sometime next wk, then pics!!!!!!!!!:D
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  • The Kids Are Alright
    The Kids Are Alright Posts: 93
    question about americanframe............im doing the 3/32" 98% UV Reducing Acrylic and the Archival, 100% Acid Free, 1/8", do i also want a linen liner??????
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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    Oooooooh .... my box from American Frame just arrived! Pics of framed Gorge '05 and Cleveland '94 coming up!
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  • Sharon_Hearts_PJ
    Sharon_Hearts_PJ Bristol, PA Posts: 1,383
    The Kids Are Alright wrote:
    question about americanframe............im doing the 3/32" 98% UV Reducing Acrylic and the Archival, 100% Acid Free, 1/8", do i also want a linen liner??????
    If it's still free like it was when I was on the site a few weeks ago, go for it! No idea where it goes or what it does. But free is free :)
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  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,197
    Philly...check!
  • present address
    present address Posts: 72
    dont read this my dumb ass did it himself

    ok i need to frame my 4 posters or get rid of them... i want to go to american frame and get a frame and a matte and uv glass...
    i think i could fuck this up.. could someone that has done this write up what they did so i dont royally get my ass in trouble here.......
    or am i better off getting just their pre made poster frame, mounting board and glass and saying screw the cool matte

    i have philly gorge calgary and halifax to go and want to do it myself
    my last two were 250 total not each by a home town guy
    plus i gave them to my brother for christmas champaign and chitown east troy
    yep i am an idiot but we have a no sale clause........
  • melrn
    melrn Posts: 20
    present address wrote:
    dont read this my dumb ass did it himself

    ok i need to frame my 4 posters or get rid of them... i want to go to american frame and get a frame and a matte and uv glass...
    i think i could fuck this up.. could someone that has done this write up what they did so i dont royally get my ass in trouble here.......
    or am i better off getting just their pre made poster frame, mounting board and glass and saying screw the cool matte

    i have philly gorge calgary and halifax to go and want to do it myself
    my last two were 250 total not each by a home town guy
    plus i gave them to my brother for christmas champaign and chitown east troy
    yep i am an idiot but we have a no sale clause........

    You can purchase matting at Hobby Lobby or Michaels. They will cut it for you or you can buy a matte cutter. If you go with cutting it yourself, practice first on something else. If there's a dirty and/or ripped piece of matte at the store, bring it up to the counter and ask for a discount. Practice on that. You can save a shitload of money by doing it yourself.
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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    I don't have it on the wall yet, but I got the Gorge into it's frame. $45.78 from American Frame :)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0203.jpg
    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0199.jpg
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  • The Kids Are Alright
    The Kids Are Alright Posts: 93
    hippiemom wrote:
    I don't have it on the wall yet, but I got the Gorge into it's frame. $45.78 from American Frame :)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0203.jpg
    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0199.jpg


    so sweet...........
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