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runscottmy investment cost is very low, so worst case scenario is I use up my current materials and give out the sets as gifts.
As some of you are aware, the project I was most excited about was a pre-1900 cabinet photo reprint set. The plan was fool-proof, the end product extremely high-quality, and the benefit was that pre-1900 photo collectors could get inexpensive copies of team photos that would literally cost $1000,s each to purchase the real thing. The only hang up was that I needed scans from the people who owned the actual cabinet photos - there is no copyright laws on these items, and in most cases the scans are available, but I didn't want to do it without permission.
Guess how many volunteers I got? Answer: 1 - Jimmy L. Actually, I don't give a sh*t - I made my own personal copies anyway, and I wasn't going to make money on the deal - selling them at cost. But there is a certain paranoia that exists in our hobby that really kills sharing, and is very frustrating. Oh well...