Sometimes, if you punch an item frame in a certain spot, you can get the item out without affecting the frame itself. Most of the time, however, both of them will drop.
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Must've placed 2 item frames in the same spot. Duplicate of MC-208.
Only the item dropped when I punched it, and after finding it, I managed to reproduce it a few times with only the item dropping. The spot was somewhere in the lower right corner of the item in the item frame.
Cannot reproduce, because I never did find the "certain spot".
Can you take a screenshot while pointing to that spot ?