Custom Picture Framing Portfolio - Volume #2

Here is a second volume of framing projects, a continuation of Volume #1. 

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I think I picked up this Greg Smith (Walterboro, SC) photograph at auction. Had an existing preowned frame in great shape and also had TruVue UV glass as a bonus, better than the tacky navy blue one it had. Left the existing mat because it was signed although not a fan of black core. Added a black mat covering on back and affixed the bio. Left existing hardware as it was just fine.

Estimated price for the refresh would be $19.  

SOLD. For sale on eBay here.

A couple consignment pictures that needed to have some new backing boards, dust covers and hardware. Glass, matting and frame are original. The japanese Mt. Fuji picture had a very old framing label that looked cool, so repaired with with document repair tape and added to the back. For some reason unknown to me, I decided I would not affix my framing label to consignment frames I refreshed. 

Contact me if any interest until then.

For sale on eBay here.

SOLD

SOLD

An engraving I refreshed, John Fenton Limited Edition 95/250. Used an existing period correct framed and glass, new mat board and acid free backing, dust cover and new hardware.

SOLD - For sale on eBay here.

SOLD

A simple antique print I am selling on consignment titled Daddy’s Coming by Bessie Pease Gutmann. Just a refresh to replace glass, new dust cover and hardware.

For sale on eBay here.

I purchased a Deborah Cavenaugh limited edition print 451/500 at One Man’s Treasure auction which was sealed and unframed. I had a nice distressed wood frame that was the perfect size of 22” x 27” and glass was in nice shape. Had some nice gold mat board which complemented the picture well with a 2.5” mat boarder and bought some new acid free 1/8” foam core for backing at Jerry’s. Finished it up with a dust cover and new hardware. Voila!

For sale on eBay eBay here.

SOLD

This is my first paying customer framing job! This was ordered by the person that commissioned the pet art drawing below after he saw the framing results. This was a new frame from FrameDestinations.com, recovered glass, 3 of the 4 mat boards were newly cut (I reused his existing black inner mat). Pleased with outcome and the first piece to get the new business card stickers on the back dust cover.

My daughter’s boyfriend (Steffen Christos) is an accomplished artist and had a commission for a piece. It turned out wonderful and he gave me the opportunity to frame it. Carrie helped with the mat and frame selection deciding to go with a Nielsen black contemporary wood frame along with a double mat consisting of a dark black inner and a dark gray outer. She also was hands on during the entire build process. We found a good piece of recovered glass and finished it up with backing paper and fresh hardware. We are both pleased with the result (and the artwork which was incredibly detailed).  Contact me if you are interested in having one commissioned.

I can’t remember where I got this, either an auction or an estate sale most likely. 1866 magazine engraving print (April 1866, A Wedding Month, Volume LXXII, Philadelphia PA). This isn’t the original frame which was pretty much toast, but a simple nice frame I had in the right size. Put in a new mat but did reuse some of the original backing which the print was permanently attached to. Then paper backed the back and kept the original courier type info sheet and used ATG tape to affix. And all new hardware and wire. Pleased with it. For sale on eBay here. 

I picked up a framed 1920s photograph somewhere, not positive where, maybe an estate sale or an OMT auction. The photo was very brittle and a corner had come off, but fortunately it was a very small piece and able to repair it with document repair tape (acid free). The frame was pretty much shot and the backing board was falling apart once I got it out of the frame. I found a very nice period correct frame and put new mat board, backing board in it, new hanging hardware, and cut a new piece of glass from recovered stock; I used mounting strips and not tape so that I would not damage the photo further. The part I didn’t want to lose out of the new framing work was that the backing board had some writing from a descendant and documented the photo from the 1920s and “Uncle Sidney Bentons home”, an old plantation in Burton, SC, which was more recently Nellie Haskell Fripp’s home (I assume some relation to Fripp Island?), as she inherited the 80+ acres from her Auntie Rosa and Uncle Sidney. Very pleased overall and kept the original backing board, took a photo of it, printed it out and affixed that copy to the back of the frame with ATG tape. I kept the original frame, or most of it anyway and will offer it with the picture.

SOLD. For sale on eBay here.

My daughter bought this signed print as a gift and wanted it framed. We decided on a gold frame and had one in the correct size sitting around. Added a new foam core spacer with a black backing board to give it a nicer appearance from the rear. All using existing stock. 

The below is a simple limited signed floral print by Mary Vincent Bertrand I picked up at auction. Not particularly valuable, but attractive.  There was noticeable dirt under the glass and the backing wasn’t attractive. Frame and matting were fine so just redid the backing and re-affixed the bio sheet, cleaned the inside and print a little and put new hardware and bumpers on it. 

For sale on eBay here.

Continued in Volume #3.

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John