Anyone agonize over having artwork just sitting in portfolios?

[batman_fan]

I don't have a big collection by any stretch of the imagination but a lot of it just sits in portfolios and gets looked at infrequently. I am at a place now where I am seriously considering hanging what I can fit on my walls and selling the rest. Anyone else take this approach?

[ashsaytr]

i'm getting ready to do the same !

[malvin]

not me, I have mine in mylar sleeves in plastic tubs.. and I have a ton of pages

 

Malvin

[MagnusX]

I don't have a big collection by any stretch of the imagination but a lot of it just sits in portfolios and gets looked at infrequently. I am at a place now where I am seriously considering hanging what I can fit on my walls and selling the rest. Anyone else take this approach?

 

 

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[mister_not_so_nice]

nope

[Doc Joe]

I mainly agonize over the art in other people's portfolios

[batman_fan]

I don't have a big collection by any stretch of the imagination but a lot of it just sits in portfolios and gets looked at infrequently. I am at a place now where I am seriously considering hanging what I can fit on my walls and selling the rest. Anyone else take this approach?

 

 

[font:Book Antiqua]I hear you...

Those Breyfrogle must go..!

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Those are some of the few on the wall !

[batman_fan]

I mainly agonize over the art in other people's portfolios

 

 

[Eric Seffinga]

I've said it many times but I did that years ago, and it more or less been that way since. The only new art I buy generally has to be good enough to replace something else on the wall. It's a battle, but also keeps spending in check, and the curation forces some deep thoughts and stems a lot of impulse buys. Plus the sell off really helped me focus on my real interests and get to know my own tastes much more acutely.

 

 

[alxjhnsn]

I mainly agonize over the art in other people's portfolios

 

+1

[Hado]

I mainly agonize over the art in other people's portfolios

That's the ticket

 

[JadeGiant]

Yes and no.

 

Yes, I agonize occasionally due to not having a lot of art on the wall. I am in a situation currently where I don't know how long I will be here so I don't let it bother me too much but I do think about it.

 

No, because I don't have a big problem pouring through my portfolios frequently. Earlier this year I bought enough portfolios so that everything is in a page within a portfolio and the portfolios are organized the way I like to view them. They are handy and easy to pick up once or twice a month to flip through.

 

I hear a lot of long-time collectors that go through the consolidation phase of greatly downsizing their collection (for volume or framing considerations) and I do often wonder if this will hit me at some point. For now, I am still in the acquisition mode and enjoying it considerably.

 

Good question, good thread.

[Brian Peck]

No, I have been collecting for 30 years and store most of my artwork in portfolios. I do have alot of art framed and hanging on the walls plus oversize art in my blueprint drawer. Over the course of a year I do go thru my collection to look at my art but also I regularly reorganize the portfolios when adding new pieces.

[JadeGiant]

No, I have been collecting for 30 years and store most of my artwork in portfolios. I do have alot of art framed and hanging on the walls plus oversize art in my blueprint drawer. Over the course of a year I do go thru my collection to look at my art but also I regularly reorganize the portfolios when adding new pieces.

 

Since buying new portfolios I actually look forward to the reorganizing when new art is added.

 

30 years, wow ... that has to be a pretty impressive stack of portfolios!

[otherworldsj33]

I didn't agonize over it until space became a issue. One day it occured to that I had to many framed pieces when I realized the value of the frames was more then the value of the colllection.

[Brian Peck]

The blueprint drawer is great for the oversize pieces which I store over size portfolios, 3-16x20, 2-22x28 plus the art too big for any portfolios. I have about 30 portfolios mixture of 14x17 and 13x19 plus about a dozen 11x14 and smaller (those haveOA and animations cels).

When I moved in to my current house it had a nook which was perfect for a bookshelf, so I built a custom one to fit all my 13x19 and smaller portfolios. The Itoyas have a plastic sleeve for the spine, I have printed out labels for most of my portfolios (a few I still need to label). Helps when looking for a specify piece. Here is a pick of the custom shelf.

 

 

 

[JadeGiant]

Outstanding setup Brian! Thanks for the pic!

[Silver Surfer]

I will get there eventually but I only have one portfolio so far. I actually took it out last night and rearranged them in order of favortites first, etc. Made room for a few pieces that are being shipped but I defintely want to frame a couple next year so I can hang them on the wall.

[Panelfan1]

In terms of re-arranging. Itoya has portfolios with removable pages and crystal clear platic so easy to re -arrange and great to look at. They also sell extra pages. If you need them.

itoya multi ring binder

 

Btw:great set up Brian! Thanks for the pic.

[ComicArtMall]

I look through my portfolios all the time to enjoy the artwork...so, no, I don't agonize over it.