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Further Warnings and Observations about Misleading Descriptions on "Photographs" for Sale
If the article above by Michael Diemar with an interview with photo dealer Terry Etherton makes you a bit more cautious when it comes to buying collectibles and photography, that…
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Crimean War: First Conflict to Be Documented in Detail by Photography
By Alex Novak
Although eventually victorious, the British and their French allies pursued the Crimean War (1854-56) with little skill, poor generalship and logistical incompetence. It was the only European war…
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The Insider's Guide to Buying 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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I Photo Central provides thousands of web pages for the photography collector, curator and historian. This site includes articles on collecting issues (such as connoisseurship and print values; insurance and risk management; appraisals; buying and selling images; developing a photography collecting library; framing/matting and preserving your collection; conservation, etc.). The largest for-sale fine art photography gallery on the web is databased here and is easily accessed through an extensive on-site search engine.
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