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goldenrose
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Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:19 pm

Ok this has been an idea I've had for a while - a thread for test prints. It would be great to see what is out there so dig up what you've got and post them here :).

I'll get things rolling with an example that shows test prints go a long way back. This one is from 1966 and is a combination of three different posters by Wes Wilson (one is on the back) all from around the same print run time.

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Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:51 pm

i scored this test print the other night. they were screening posters at the show and i got both posters for $10... a local birmingham band that no one will ever hear of :lol:


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Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:54 pm

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stout / duval phish with the stout glow glowing through the duval
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Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:41 pm

Keylines are awesome James and that Phish test print is very cool - still very cohesive for a test print. :clap: :clap:
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Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:27 am

love this thread. most of the test prints that i have are already in the database.

as a fan of screen printing, the test print is totally awesome byproduct of printing. i love test prints a slight bit less than i love OG's.
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Justin Hampton Transfiguration Black on Black Test print.. ^^^^ 2/2.
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Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:48 am

timus319 wrote:Justin Hampton Transfiguration Black on Black Test print.. ^^^^ 2/2.
You son of a...........

That thing is so purty
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:00 pm

Cool thread and nice test prints everyone. Here are a few of mine (pardon the crappy phone pics):
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:35 pm

I like that Landland.
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:53 pm

haven wrote:I like that Landland.
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:06 pm

63schoeffling wrote:
timus319 wrote:Justin Hampton Transfiguration Black on Black Test print.. ^^^^ 2/2.
You son of a...........

That thing is so purty
:clap:
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Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:07 am

Great thread!

Here's a Beggar's Banquet album flat and Paul Kagan's FD-128.

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Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:33 am

One I picked up a few months ago:

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Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:31 am

^Incredible!
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