In a message dated 8/28/2003 5:21:35 AM GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Maybe > > someone should offer to handle the paper work of clearing the checks from > > "honor payments" so they could receive it in a yearly lump sum which would be > > cheaper for them to process. Meanwhile, of course, the pattern is selling on e-> > bay and the second hand market. Here I am, trying to catch up on my digests, coming upon this interesting situation. If I had read this mail while I was in England, I would have been more than happy to call Ruth Bean up. By the way, that's a wonderful firm that has been extremely helpful in printing things that otherwise would never have seen the light of day I doubt if most of our Arachne members have any idea how much the reprinting of Mrs. Channer's mat must have cost, or realize that printing it again, now will be probably much more expensive than printing it originally. The printer can only offer lower prices through a much larger initial print run; for a small publisher, this is a very difficult choice. He or she has to make some guestimate as to how many lacemakers are going to spring for the offering. How many lacemakers were able or wanted to make Miss Channers' mat? and now, again??? I know something about what I'm saying because OIDFA went through the exact same thing with the printing of the new Point Ground study work in 1999. The prices were scary, more than we could really afford. Only by ordering a large number could we end up with a unit price that the average lacemaker would or could pay. We went ahead, and as it turned out, lacemakers were enthusiastic about the study and bought it. Enough copies have been sold now that the organisation can stop holding its breath. We made the right decision, but it wasn't easy. I can well imagine that very special plates were made to print the reproduction of the Channer mat, ones that require a special setting because the size is unusual. Those of us who remember the original publication were very pleased to see Ruth Bean reprint it, and I think we must understand why they are adamant that it not be cheaply photocopied. Elaine Merritt The Lace Museum 552 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel. (408) 730 4695 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
