What I would do is offer a reprint to anyone willing to send the original back. So, give people a month to request it or something, send those people a tube to send the original back in, then know exactly how many to reprint. Then, resell the originals with the typos that are returned as a novelty. I know I'd be happy to purchase one of these typo-ed ones, which I'd hang in my apartment and love to tell the story about.
I posted this, not to rag on the guy for his mistake, but because many of us have been in this very same place, stuck in between multiple painful decisions.
I'm also a backer and interested to see how creative the HN community can be in recommending solutions.
agreed. It's not like it's fraudulent; the proofs were there on the original kickstarter, and no one noticed it! Often in numismatics, errors are more valuable than perfectly cut coins.
KEEP IT! I'd consider it an important part of the art itself. The piece stands out more than the biggest flaw on it.
Ha, that's actually kind of neat. I'd consider it a good flaw like a beauty mark (mole). Consider it a feature.
Slap a transparent sticker on the bottom right corner that says, "Did you know Brooklyn is misspelled? Hundreds of others didn't. Read the back story about this at brookyln.com".
It's a shame it's too late to back -- it was funded almost two months ago. Even with the typo, it's beautiful. Hopefully he does the Golden Gate Bridge someday.
If Cameron had created an architectural blueprint that was going to be used to build a bridge then a mistake like this would be a problem. I think it's charming and frankly something that's expect with art. How many paintings have you seen that are absolutely perfect? Probably none.
I hope @tolmaskey's idea goes, so I can hang mine, with the mistake and be proud of it.
Ouch. This same thing happened to another friend of mine. I referred him to a client in need of a freelance graphic designer. They had been contracted to do a design for something in Camden, NJ. He gave them the design, they printed thousands onto hoodies or t-shirts or something, and it was misspelled as "CANDEN."
This is one of those things thats hilarious yet not at all funny. The typo versions are going to be worth WAY more than the corrected versions. Call it a limited edition.
