[cameron138]

Hey just wondering what a fair price would be. Am humoring the idea of buying one but am unsure what value it holds. It's a NM unsigned CND Soldiers drymounted to achival board. Any input is appreciated, even the wise cracks I'm sure I'll get. Thanks.

[Phear Loathing]

holy shite! Someone drymounted a Banksy?

[cameron138]

Yeah ridiculous huh. There's a drymounted Napalm on eBay now as we speak. I'm not suggesting that it's not sacreligous but how much is it worth. Half?

[mmmike]

Throw it on ebay and find out. I think you will have a tough time getting half but I really don't know.

[craigf]

you'll get more than half, if framed the difference is only known to the owner and doesn't distract from the image

[Andy'77]

I bought a dry mounted Happy Choppers, then had it removed from the backing by a restorer and it's now in all but mint condition and you'd never know it was ever mounted. Saved a bit of money over a mint one, but was a risk as it may not have been possible to remove. Guess it depends on the method of dry mounting.

[craigf]

To Andy's point above sometimes you can reverse the mounting, but depends on which adhesives have been used

[balibob]

May 20, 2011 13:25:55 GMT 1 craigf said:

To Andy's point above sometimes you can reverse the mounting, but depends on which adhesives have been used

You don't know if its possible before you try, thats the problem. Usually once it's dry mounted its on for life. Not a problem if you like the mount and intend keeping it for ever. For me it would have to be a feckin good price.

[bert]

If it was a print I loved and was never leaving my wall, I wouldn't particularly care if the discount was decent (50% is excessive IMO).

[Lunch Special]

May 19, 2011 23:49:54 GMT 1 cameron138 said:

Hey just wondering what a fair price would be. Am humoring the idea of buying one but am unsure what value it holds. It's a NM unsigned CND Soldiers drymounted to achival board. Any input is appreciated, even the wise cracks I'm sure I'll get. Thanks.

NM meaning near mint? any other flaws? so it isnt yours? could you please tell us the number so we can know what number was drymounted for future reference.. does it have a COA? you cant really tell what kind of paper it is if its drymounted correct? becareful of fakes disguised in frames...

[cameron138]

Well I come to find out that the CND is now supposedly NOT drymounted according to the seller. He had confused it with another print he had framed. Still to be seen. If I buy it and it is drymounted I will let you know the number shortly before I make a paypal claim. The Napalm is drymounted and us # 133/500. Hope that helps. So the general consensus is it loses roughly 40%? 30%?

[des77]

May 20, 2011 15:55:18 GMT 1 cameron138 said:

So the general consensus is it loses roughly 40%? 30%?

Depends if it can be fixed or not and if you may need to sell in the future. By the time you have paid a restorer to fix it you may as well have just got a mint one, id be looking for 50% off.

[Andy'77]

In my case I saved about 30% after I'd paid the restorer.

I guess if the adhesive and mount are archival, then there wouldn't be a massive issue if you just wanted it framed with a window mount. Unfortunately mine had been mounted on a cheaper board which while the adhesive was acid free, the mount card wasn't so eventually it could have damaged the print. Plus I prefer to have my prints float mounted which wouldn't look as good if drymounted.