Display Panels: Time to Upgrade

Seems like there is always an added investment to make your portable 'gallery" more attractive to those elusive buyers. Its hard to put a number on how this kind of an "upgrade" will help, but Marcia and I decided to move ahead and get new (or used) display panels.

My black fabric Graphic Display Systems Display Panels are showing their age. They have served me well over the years and I've done several upgrades to make them more secure and easier to set up. I originally bought the two part, six foot tall panels thinking that they would be easier to transport from show to show. But I later got tired of putting them together and slipping on the black fabric at every show. I finally wired the two parts together for every panel and sewed the fabric on permanently. I also added a twelve inch extension to each panel and the black fabric to match, and also wired the extension on. Now I have ten seven foot panels that are ready to go at every show... much more convenient and fast for setup and take down. Of course I also have a van now, which I didn't have when I bought these panels. Another upgrade was fabricating aluminum tubes with velcro fasteners that fit into the top of each panel with the velcro attaching securely to the horizontal bar at the top of my Trimline. I have ten 7-foot panels, plus two 18-inch wide panels. The setup is very secure.

Now I'm in the market for light gray seven foot Propanels with all the needed attachments. I need nine of them. I'll probably wind up taking out a second mortgage (HA) and buying them new from Propanels, but if there's anyone within a couple hundred miles of Saugatuck, Michigan with Propanels to sell, let me know this week. I'm gonna take the plunge next week in an effort to get them in before Lake Forest, my next show in early September. I can pick them up in Chicago or Detroit or northern Indiana.

And, if there are some newbies out there that want to get started on a low budget, I've got some serviceable Graphic Display System panels that can be had for a song. And they can be unwired fairly easily if you need them in pieces for ease of transport. They are definitely not "like new" condition, but they work. Email me: jleben@lebenart.com.

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  • go to colorado artist tour  there are propanels for sale there.

    PROPANELS FOR SALE: 

    9 black Propanels 7' Knockdown
    panels (each panel is two pieces) 
     (connectors thrown in for free)                                       $600

    36" propanel desk black                                                  $95 

    Quick bin black (new)                                                      $50

    2 Support poles black                                                      $20 each
     

    Complete set                                                                $785

     

    Please call 970-412-7755 or email tuscandawn@aol.com

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