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Christie's sale of Maillet Daguerreotype Collection Brings in $1,618,722 with a 4.2% Buy-in Rate.
Christie's sale of the Maillet Daguerreotype Collection, the most important sale of daguerreotypes in 25 years, online through June 26, totaled a substantial $1,618,722 with a minuscule 4.2% buy-in rate.…
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Czech Photography: A Dark Modernism
By Maria DiElsi
At the turn of the century, the new spirit of the age, or Jugendstil, was being expressed in the visual style of Art Nouveau. This style was…
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The Insider's Guide to Selling Photographs
Besides historical and aesthetic considerations, most photography collectors ultimately will face the real economic issue of both buying and selling images.
Few of us merely inherit a collection and then pass…
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