• Care should be taken when removing artwork from the shipping tubes, particularly with Collector's Edition prints, which -- although printed on 11-mil thick paper -- can be creased or damaged by rough or careless handling.

• Care should also be taken to WASH YOUR HANDS before handling any kind of artwork reproductions. Even better, use white, disposable cotton gloves (like I do!), available in most drug stores or art supply stores. Museums and quality photo processing labs use these same types of gloves for a reason. However, most non-peanut-butter-or-jelly-type fingerprints or smudges deposited in the margins can be removed safely by delicately deploying soft, "art-gum-type" artist's erasers available at most art supply stores.

• Protect your investment: NEVER display artwork -- ANY kind of artwork (photographs, original or reproductions or even commercial offset-printed prints!) in direct or harsh sunlight. If you adhere to this rule, the Canon Lucia™ 12-color Archival Pigment Ink I use is permanent for 75+ years. Remember, even hardwood floors and carpet fade in direct sunlight, and so will your prints!

• Curl can be minimized before framing by placing your print face-UP on a clean, dry, flat surface, pressing gently with a clean paper cover sheet or clean cardboard sheet upon which books are evenly stacked until the curl is acceptable. Do NOT use newspaper as a cover sheet! Keyword here is CLEAN!

• Worst case scenario: in the event your print becomes crinkled, place it face-DOWN on a clean, dry, flat surface. Cover the damaged area with a clean sheet of white poster board, such as can be found at Wal-Mart. Using a clean laundry iron on LOWEST setting, gently press out the crease, fully protected by the cardboard, with firm, timed strokes of less than 5 seconds. Let the print completely cool in-between pressing efforts if necessary.

"Curiouser and Curiouser," cried Alice.