Multigrade Art paper is poised to appear in the States. I’ve converted the prices from pounds sterling to dollars for a pack of ten sheets of 11×14, for comparison’s sake:
Multigrade FB, 20.80=$33.28
MGA, 27.49=$41.98
Caveat emptor.
Here is a detail from a picture of a print, made with glancing light to emphasize the matt surface and its slight texture:
(Please do not salivate on your keyboard.)
OTOH, most (if not all) incarnations of Plus-X are disappearing. It was an excellent family of emulsions, but the Great Yellow Father has deemed it expendable. On, Ilford.
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