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The glass is typically 27 x 40, the frame is closer to 30 x 44 depending on the thickness of the moulding, anything over that is going to have to be an oversized lite of glass which is expensive if you are using TruVu museum glass. The most I have personally ever paid for a single frame up is $325, but that is on the low end of the spectrum, those prices are extremely low. I only use museum glass and archival materials. I do have a good deal with my custom framer because I bring him so much work. For a basic 27 x 40 with museum glass, decent moulding and a double mat, I would expect at least $150-200 to give people ball park numbers.
Below find an article that I published last year, cannot find a link for it, but it covers a lot of basic framing issues.
Stylistically, is a simple black frame best aesthetically or is an ornate frame better? Some argue that ornate frames detract from the art and draw your eye off of the piece itself. Others claim that a professional frame job can take an average piece of art and make it extraordinary. These are subjective valuations, and even our staff cannot come to a consensus. My advice is to get whatever you feel looks best and goes with your current decor. I like to avoid reframing art by getting it right the first time. I also have two archival safe basic placeholder frames that I rotate prints in and out of until I place them in their forever frame.
My personal framing philosophy is to pick the right moulding and mat(s) that accentuate the art, framing is in and of itself an art. It is also rather expensive, as a rule of thumb, I try to make sure the art is worth at least as much as the framing. Rules are made to be broken and if you love a certain piece of art the value alone should not dissuade you from giving it the royal treatment. I suggest you take a look around the local custom framers, compare and contrast their price and quality of their work. For the more bold, there are do it yourself options available. Depending on your skill your mileage may vary.
While I cannot dictate what it right for you, I can certainly tell you what not to do. This article will examine some common mistakes, some of these seem like common sense, but countless limited paper has been ruined due to good intentions, inadvertent neglect, and ignorance.
The inevitable balancing test most collectors face is whether to frame the art immediately or store it in their flat file. They can justify the purchase of new art since the price is variable and fluctuations are rarely to your benefit while framing costs are largely static. I implore you all to actually spend some time and money framing and proudly displaying what you already own.
Never Drymount!
Do not Drymount your art ever. You destroy any value of the art itself, and the process is permanent, there is no way to reverse it. In this process the art is literally glued to a mounting board, using heat and pressure. I see no benefits to ever doing this.
The main reason to use archival materials, is to avoid yellowing and/or fading. Acid and other contaminants are present in non-archival frames.
I would urge you to properly frame it, these means at minimum to use archival safe materials such as acid free foamcore/ 8 ply alpha rag, a mat, archival moulding, UV Glass and Lineco photo corners. Do not use paper hinging or tape ever, it can affect the structural integrity.
You cannot perfectly protect art from the harms of lighting, however you can minimize the damage that ultraviolet and other light does with the right UV resistant glass or plexi. Museum glass and Museum Optimum Acrylic are the best and clearest anti-reflective glass and plexi that TruVu currently produces. I prefer glass to plexi, because no matter how careful you are with plexi, it will scratch when cleaned. However, acrylic is less fragile and lighter than glass, so both have their merits.
Avoid Big Box Stores.
There are plenty of big box stores that offer seemingly cheap frames, or depending on your perspective, expensive frames. The quality on most of these products is dubious at best. In fact, most of these frames are made primarily out of MDF (essentially particle board), and may be very acidic. Acid is an enemy of paper and leads to yellowing. Do not use any acidic paper. Also do not allow “framing associates” to trim the work under any circumstances. If you have a preexisting relationship with one of these “custom frame associates” at a big box store, question them. Ask what steps they are taking to make sure it is archival, how they mount the art, and what guarantees the artwork itself is not damaged. Some are very knowledgeable, others are not, and that is a risk I am not willing to take. Would you trust a pre-med college kid to perform surgery? Do your due diligence.
Price does not equal quality, but it is a decent indicator of the materials being used. All custom framers are not equal, and some may try and sweet talk you into using them. They may even claim that since they use archival tape that their frame up is completely reversible. This is a huge red flag.There is no such thing as truly archival reversible tape. As soon as it touches the artwork the chemical composition is altered, contaminating it, and will remove pieces of paper potentially damaging the structural integrity.
In summation, framing is an expensive, but worthwhile investment, that can say a lot about you.
Here are two interviews I did with well known framers.
http://www.nerdlocker.com/nerd-art/n...acedog-hartman
http://www.nerdlocker.com/nerd-art/p...raming-experts
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. The screen is indeed 16:9. It measures 122" wide and a 140" diagonally. Unfortunately we sold our house a couple of weeks ago so I need to let it go 
Version 3.0 will be constructed in the new place but I suspect I am a couple of years out from that happening.
You must not care about the piece or it doesn't hold much value to do something like that. 
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