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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Peter van Es on September 19, 2009, 12:51:53

Title: Interesting posters
Post by: Peter van Es on September 19, 2009, 12:51:53

I found these posters offered somewhere on the internet: http://www.gridindustrialdesign.com/7155/14401.html

Would people be interested if I tried to do a Pagoda SL Club deal with these people for a 60x90cm (24"x36") poster for the W113? The original price is not cheap, $120 for that size poster.

Let me know by replying to this topic.

Peter

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: TR on September 19, 2009, 13:04:56

Yes

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: mdsalemi on September 19, 2009, 13:38:01

Quote from: Peter van Es on September 19, 2009, 12:51:53

I found these posters offered somewhere on the internet: http://www.gridindustrialdesign.com/7155/14401.html

Would people be interested if I tried to do a Pagoda SL Club deal with these people for a 60x90cm (24"x36") poster for the W113? The original price is not cheap, $120 for that size poster.

Let me know by replying to this topic.

Peter

Peter, about their pricing.  From what I can gather these are printed by the giclee method, which is a one-by-one large-format inkjet method used for fine-art reproduction.  This kind of printing can run about $10-$20 a square foot depending on the paper used...I don't think they are getting rich on this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: Norm on September 19, 2009, 15:41:04

Count me in for one.

Norm

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: hauser on September 19, 2009, 16:31:36

I'm in.

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: 69280sl on September 19, 2009, 19:34:15

I may be in, depends on the price

Gus

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: Mike Hughes on September 20, 2009, 03:39:37

I'm in!

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: Kemal on September 20, 2009, 09:00:30

I would jump at it... :o My wife is shouting at me that we have our daughter's school fees to pay ...  :P
'' Toys for Boys ''

Kemal
280SL
Manual LHD69

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: lurtch on September 20, 2009, 16:46:11

Something is fishy here - - - I purchased a slightly modified version of this poster at the Irvine,CA  Classic Center two months ago for only $ 35.00.

The one I purchased has the identical artwork though it is  smaller (20 x  28), it also is on high quality stock and it has no text fields cluttering it up.


Larry in CA

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: Douglas on September 21, 2009, 01:24:20

For what it's worth, they have those posters on display at my local Mercedes dealership (Estate Mtrs in Golden's Bridge, NY), so I'm assuming the Classic Center sells them.

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: mdsalemi on September 22, 2009, 14:35:15

Quote from: lurtch on September 20, 2009, 16:46:11

Something is fishy here - - - I purchased a slightly modified version of this poster at the Irvine,CA  Classic Center two months ago for only $ 35.00.

The one I purchased has the identical artwork though it is  smaller (20 x  28), it also is on high quality stock and it has no text fields cluttering it up.

Larry in CA

Posted by: Douglas 

For what it's worth, they have those posters on display at my local Mercedes dealership (Estate Mtrs in Golden's Bridge, NY), so I'm assuming the Classic Center sells them.

Assume nothing fishy, but I am only guessing here.  It is quite possible that the owner of the poster had a run of these printed by offset--that would be standard 4/C printing used for most posters, you know the ones you see in Target, WalMart, etc.  These would be the inexpensive ones.  Once those were sold or otherwise exhausted subsequent posters are one-off ink-jets, or giclee.  These are considerably more expensive to produce; more expensive to sell; are generally of significantly higher quality, and signed I believe.  I don't know this to be fact, but this same scenario has been done before.

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: Peter van Es on October 02, 2009, 17:04:03

I'm sorry, all. I've been a little too busy to pick this one up.

If someone else wants to go run with this company, contact them, and try and negotiate a bulk purchase, go ahead.

Peter

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: Ulf on October 05, 2009, 12:48:05

I'll tell my wife that I want one fpr Christmas...

Title: Re: Interesting posters
Post by: Hath on October 18, 2009, 15:25:01

I'm in for one too.