Bay Frames - Retail and Commercial Framing, Art Posters & Prints

Where It All Started
In 1990 Art Boom Limited Editions, a fine art publishing company, was founded in southern California. By 1995 over 2,500 galleries in the U.S. had purchased its posters or limited editions. In 1997 Art Boom began supplying large national retail stores with framed art in the form of special event road shows. This activity was expanded yearly from about 20 shows in 1997 up to the current delivery of about 180 shows per year.

The Establishment of BayFrames
In late 1999 Bay Frames was established by the Art Boom owners in Newark, Ca (between Oakland and San Jose) to provide a high volume, high quality frame shop for better servicing our accounts. The production line frames up to 150 pieces daily, and boxes and ships to stores throughout the U.S. In 2003 we added a gallery onto our production facility, which serves as both a showroom and retail outlet for residential and commercial framing.

We have done work for Bank of America, Intuit, Toshiba subsidiary, other Silicon Valley companies, local office buildings, decorators, model home builders and other art galleries that have found it more cost-effective for us to do their framing.

What sets us apart
Our ability to produce custom framing in high volume is what sets us apart from the typical gallery and the typical mass production framing shop. On an average day we’ll make only one, two or perhaps four of a single image framing treatment. At day's end we'll have 50 to 100 different images and treatments for a total of 150 custom-framed pictures. The average busy gallery may do 15-20 custom jobs daily and the average mass production frame shop may make more pieces, but with a limit of 5-10 different treatments. We also turn around our wholesale and retail jobs in record time – often the same day and rarely longer than one week.

Retail buyers
Our prices are far, far lower than any of the chain stores or local framing shops. We price based on our costs vs. an industry standard framing pricing chart. We have found in most cases that we are about 40-50% less than any other quotes our customers have shared with us. We have an outstanding molding and print selection in the gallery, from virtually all of the major manufacturers and publishers.

You’ll find working with our framing designers pleasant and easy. Their experience will help you quickly zero in on the exact look you’re wanting to create. Our service motto is “No Customer Leaves Unsatisfied.”

Volume commerical buyers
We know how to sharpen our pencil for the volume contract jobs. We get the maximum discounts from our moulding, mat, glass and hardware suppliers, as well as the premium U.S. poster publishers. We’ll give you a quote that will be very competitive, whether 10 or 1,000 pictures.

Decorators, facility-furnishing managers
Our gallery was built with you in mind. Hundreds of molding choices, three large design tables, and very knowledgeable, attentive staff will make your job much easier.