We went to Alameda a few months back and got this from some enterprising fellow. He had found a cool book of old "Audubon-style" prints of birds and fish and was selling the pages for $3 a pop. We don't condone desecrating a good book, but if it's filled with pictures rather than text, why not showcase some that you really like?
Look!: Art on the Cheap
We bought this one and took it down to our local frame shop, where they have a selection of frames made out of remnant moulding sticks. This one fit perfectly, and though we wouldn't necessarily have thought to pick it out had we been doing a custom job, we think the citron-tinted wood looks great with the pinks and yellows of the fish. Total cost - about $20.
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nice but it would look better matted.
view pinkpiggyboy's profile
agreed. maybe a chocolate brown.. good on the cheap, but it's kinda.. blah
view animalhouze's profile
I like the pic - would look better on a wall...
view bepsf's profile
the horrible thing about this trend is when people start desecrating library books ....
view Marbargarbo's profile
I agree, it needs a matte and a better frame. Shame on the guy for selling them for $3 each though. Seems like kind of a rip-off when you consider the book probably cost a lot less per page.
view spaceagemouse's profile
This image was part of the infamous 'Dover Sampler' a few months back. I did the same sort of thing with these images myself, matted (as suggested above), and printed with my very own printer.
No need to destroy beautiful coffee table books! Just subscribe to Dover!
view miss_scarlett's profile
Another great source for inexpensive art is calendars--I've got a couple of Maxfield Parrish prints that started out as calendar pages. You want to avoid writing on the calendar if you're going to reuse the pages, though.
view STH's profile
As a book maker/conservator...this makes me very sad. Couldn't you have made a copy?
view alina's profile
At $3 a pop, these are NOT vintage pages, unless the seller has NO idea what they have to sell.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
That's a great idea. I do that stuff all the time.. frame things you wouldn't think to frame.. why not..buying art just isnt practical if you don't have the money for it.. Check out my blog for some cheap art ideas..
www.fancypants-design.blogspot.com :-D
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If you are looking for some affordable art. Check out
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you can contact artists directly there or buy through the MERCH section. Everything is paypal. Its easy and there is some really hip stuff there.
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