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150 International Art Galleries Join Art Chicago 2010, April 29-May 3

E-Photo Newsletter #171
4/25/2010

30th AIPAD New York Photo Show Kicks Off Spring With Impressive Results and Points to Resurgence in The Market

Swann March Auction Hits Just Under Million Dollar Mark, With 60% Sold

Diemar/Noble Opens "Threads", a Major Fashion Photography Show in London, Including The Work of Six Masters

Major Gallery Show of Horst and Hoyningen-Huene in San Francisco

Obituaries: Jim Marshall, Jim Steinhardt and Charles Moore Pass Away Last Month

E-Photo Newsletter #170
3/10/2010

Art and Photography Market Bounces Back as Shows and Dealers Report More Sales in 2010

30th AIPAD Show Hits The Park Avenue Armory On March 17-21 With Over 75 Photo Dealers

I Photo Central Dealers Charles Schwartz, Contemporary Works/Vintage Works, and Andrew Smith Gallery Will Exhibit At The AIPAD Show At The Park Ave. Armory in NYC

Photo Catalogues: Bayard's Living Light

Magnum Archive Collection of Nearly 200,000 Press Prints Comes to The Harry Ransom Center

Magnum Reports That Dennis Stock Has Died

Photography Curator Anita V. Mozley Dies At 81

Portrait Photographer Fabian Bachrach Dies of Pneumonia in Newton, MA

E-Photo Newsletter #169
1/11/2010

Photo L.A. Programming Details Fill Out; Exhibit Show Kicks Off This Week At New-Old Venue of The Santa Monica Civic Center

Be-hold's Auction Will Intersect With Major Photography Exhibitions and Presentations

Recent Photo Dealer Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #168
1/6/2010

19th Annual Photo L.A. Runs Jan. 14th Until Jan. 17th At Santa Monica Civic Center With Hosts David Lachapelle and Actor Chris Lowell as Hosts

Fall Itinerary Is a Full One With Dag Society Meeting, Paris Photo, Auctions Galore, and Art Basel Miami Week First Stop: Daguerreian Society Symposium and Trade Show in Philly

On to Paris: The Ilse Bing Auction

Over 300 New Photos Go Up On I Photo Central

Two Prints of Ansel Adams "Moonrise" Top Swann Dec. 8th Auction, Which Breaks Over $1.1 Million, Selling 66%

Cowan's Dec. Sale Breaks Over $665,000, With Several Important Photo Lots Breaching $20,000 Mark

Remembered as Weston's Muse, Charis Wilson Passes Away in Santa Cruz At Home of Friend

Shpilman Art and Culture Foundation Endows Biennial Prize to Catalyze Groundbreaking Work in Photography

Calif. Conceptual Photographer Larry Sultan Dies of Cancer

Hollywood Photographer Bob Willoughby Dies of Cancer

E-Photo Newsletter #167
12/26/2009

A Lesson For The Holidays, and The Rest of The Year: The Gift of Balancing The Scale

E-Photo Newsletter #166
11/12/2009

Christie's Multi-Owner Auction Nets $3,439,225 With 74.5% Sold Rate

Sotheby's Sale Tops $3-3/4 Million and Sells Nearly 75% of Its Lots

Swann Totals $1,303,148 and Sells 75% of Its Lots

Annual Holiday Sale On I Photo Central Runs Only Until Dec. 18

Daguerreian Society Annual Symposium and Trade Show Coming Up in Philadelphia This Week

Diemar/Noble Plan Exhibition Of Yvonne De Rosa's 'Crazy God' Work In 2010 In Its London Gallery

Photos From Arab Image Foundation Collection to Be Shown At Paris Photo 2009 in Central Exhibition Space of Fair

Marty Forscher, Camera Repairman, Passes Away in Pittsfield At 87

E-Photo Newsletter #165
11/2/2009

Annual Holiday Sale On I Photo Central Runs From Nov. 1-Dec. 18

NYC Auction Season Surprisingly Strong For Most of The Houses: Bloomsbury Only Exception as It Sells Less Than 18% of Its Photos, But Does Better On Books At 63.8%

Christie's Kicks Off 4 Auctions With More From Berman Collection; Sells 88% of Lots and Totals $1.5 Million+

Christie's Sells Single-Owner Collection of Sally Mann Images

Miller-Plummer Collection Sells For $1.8+ Million With 76% Sold By Lot At Christie's

Villa Grisebach Photo Auction Scheduled Nov. 26 With 180 Lots

Bassenge Photography 450-Lot Auction to Be Held On Dec. 2nd

Photo Review Auction Rescheduled For November 21st in Philadelphia

Photographer Roy Decarava Dies At 89 in New York City

Phillips Moves to Bonhams From Sotheby's to Head New Photo Dept.

Best Wishes to Get Well

E-Photo Newsletter #164
10/24/2009

Irving Penn Passes Away At Home in Manhattan At The Age of 92

Major Collection of Ilse Bing Photos to Be Auction in Paris On Nov. 16th

Daguerreian Society Has Annual Conference and Trade Show in Philadelphia, November 11-15

AIPAD Announces New York Show Dates and Eight New Members

I Photo Central Dealers Announce Artist Exhibitions, News and Events

French Photographer Willy Ronis Passes Away At 99 After Being Honored At Arles in July

Hasted Hunt Adds New Partner and Reopens in Space Formerly Occupied By Charles Cowles

Auction to Benefit The Photo Review to Be Held On Nov. 21st; Can Now Be Viewed On Line

Photo Conservator Jose Orraca Passes Away

Photographer and Educator Jerry Burchfield Dies From Colon Cancer

Ted Kuykendall Dies in Roswell, NM

Photo Books: OuterbridgeAhead of His Time; Howe Explores; Darfur Reminds Us

E-Photo Newsletter #163
8/3/2009

An American in Europe: a Very Rambling (Hopefully Interesting) Perspective On Photography, Part Two: France and Switzerland

Paris Auctions: Stone Auction Outperforms Expectations With 86% Sold For a Total of $525,000

Piasa Auction Sells Just Over 50% Mark, Totaling 265,000 Euro

A Pleasant Trip Out to Normandy For a Photography-Oriented Picnic, But Not Without Incident

Art Basel, Still The Art Show For The World, Despite Lack of American Collectors

Bièvres and "See Italy and Die"

Villa Grisebach's Auction Sells Nearly 73% of Its Lots and Totals Over 370,000 Euro

Keeping You Up To Date On Contemporary Works' Photographers And Their Work

Photo Books: Leonard Photo Memoir and Fraenkel's Edward Hopper & Company

Noted Architectural Photographer Julius Shulman Dies in L.A. At Age 98

Job Opening For Photography Specialist, New York City

E-Photo Newsletter #162
7/10/2009

An American in Europe: a Very Rambling (Hopefully Interesting) Perspective On Photography, With Auction Tallies From London, Paris and a Report From Art Basel; Part One: London

Sotheby's London Sale: Mediocre Results For Mediocre Material

Christie's Photo Book Sale: Nothing to Write Home About

Bloomsbury Auctions Still Looking For Its Groove

Over 330 New Photos and Books, Plus Special Exhibits Go Up On I Photo Central

Photographer Jennie Gunhammar Dies After Documenting Illness

Photography Books and Catalogues

Spring Auctions in The Doldrums

E-Photo Newsletter #161
5/16/2009

Villa Grisebach's June Photo Auction Features Mies Van Der Rohe Photography

Soler Y Llach of Barcelona to Auction Off Over 400 Lots of Photographs and Photo Books Over Two Sessions On May 28th

German Photo Team of Cami and Sasha Stone's Studio Archives Goes Up For Sale At Argenteuil

Curator, Author and Photographer Bill Jay Passes Away in His Sleep

Photo Book Reviews: Social History of Photography, and 19th-Century Antwerp in Pictures, Plus Three Other Gems

In Other Photography News: Auction Moves

Griffin Museum Announces 4th Annual Focus Award Recipients

Levitt Honored With Endowment Fund, Promised Gift of Her Photos to NY Met

Humbert Van Es, Dutch Photographer, Dies in Hong Kong At Age 67; Famed For Image of Vietnam's Last Days

E-Photo Newsletter #160
4/17/2009

AIPAD Show Boosts Market Psychology, as Attendance Maintains Record Level and Final Results Please Most Exhibitors

Art Chicago Kicks Off April 30th At Merchandise Mart, and Runs May 1-4

Contemporary Works/Vintage Worksto Exhibit At Art Chicago in Booth 12-513

Be-hold Stages Its First Ever Live Auction in New York City On April 28th With 160 Lots

Spring Online Photo Auction Set For May 13th On iGavel

Deimar/Noble Photography Opens New Gallery in London On May 7th With Jennie Gunhammar Exhibition

Robert Mann Gallery to Relocate to Manhattan Upper East Side

Three Major Photographers Pass Away At End of March: Helen Levitt, Pirkle Jones and Gianni Giansanti

Photo Book Review: Catalogue Argues For a Reconsideration of Pictorialism

E-Photo Newsletter #159
4/1/2009

Republicans Go One Up On Democrats and Pass New Stimulus Package For The Arts With Help of a Few Blue Dog Democrats

AIPAD Photography New York Show Clobbered Again, as Insects Invade Park Ave. Armory Venue in Wave of Destruction

Auction Market For High-End Contemporary Photography Crashes: Andreas Gursky's 99-Cent Dyptich Now Only Worth 98-Cents; Auction Houses Raise Premium Fees to 100%

AIG Financial Services Managers Decide to Give Away Bonus Money to Support The Arts By Buying Up All of Damien Hirst's "Art"

Photography Quotes of The Month

April Fool!

Responses to Newsletter #159

E-Photo Newsletter #158
3/15/2009

Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary, The AIPAD Show Kicks Off Next Week From March 25-29 At The Park Avenue Armory in NYC With Over 75 Dealers and a Full Educational Program

Four I Photo Central Member Dealers to Show Key Work At AIPAD Next Week

Congress Votes Some Additional Funds to Nea, But Is It Enough to Help Beleagered Art Museums and Non-Profits?

Photography Book Reviews: Portraits By Mapplethorpe

AIPAD Show Tips For Attendees

E-Photo Newsletter #157
2/12/2009

U.S. Congress Votes Against The Arts, Calling Them Unimportant to The Economy

Getty Conservation Institute Develops New Methods For Identifying and Authenticating Photographs

Photography in Virginia; British Calotypes and Many Other Photo Books and Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #156
2/6/2009

Photo LA Kicks Off 2009 With a Large, Enthusiastic Crowd, But Moderate Sales

Phillips De Pury Gets Purchased By Russian 'Luxury' Group And Gets New Ceo, Who Was Reportedly A Stasi Informant

AIPAD and AXA Insurance Team Up For New York Photography Show

eBay Forces Buyers and Sellers to Use PayPal Virtually Exclusively

Richard Prince Sued Again For Copyright Infringement

Other Photography News

A Gorgeous Tome, Plus Some Serious Catalogues, Including Work By Brandt, Evans, and Hill & Adamson

More Photos and Special Exhibits Added This Month to I Photo Central

Facebook Community Building For Photography Groups

E-Photo Newsletter #155
1/2/2009

Photo LA Opens On Jan. 8th At Barker Hanger At Santa Monica Airport and Will Run Through Sunday, January 11th

Christie's Constantiner Collection Auction Nearly Grosses $7-3/4 Million, Most Sold in a Single-Owner Sale There

AIPAD Show Formally Announces New March Dates and Gala Preview

Latest News On Contemporary Works' Artists: Tress, Holden, Birgus, Dobrowner And Abadzic

New Limited Edition Artist Books With Prints Announced By Contemporary Works For Arthur Tress and Lisa Holden

AIPAD Announces New President, Officers and Member Galleries

Other Photography News

Girault De Prangey's Daguerreotypes

E-Photo Newsletter #154
12/23/2008

A Holiday Message

Responses to Our Holiday Message

E-Photo Newsletter #153
12/5/2008

Latest Market Observations: The View From Paris and Miami

Photo LA Opens On Jan. 8th At Barker Hanger At Santa Monica Airport and Will Run Through Sunday, Jan. 11th

Holiday Sales On I Photo Central End In Two Weeks On Dec. 19Th

Photo Review Benefit Auction Has Sealed Bid Auction of Unsold Lots

Millon Sets Record Prices For Blanc Et Demilly Photos

More Photos and Special Exhibits Added This Month to I Photo Central

New Sudek Book Series Kicks Off

E-Photo Newsletter #152
11/10/2008

Swann Photo Auction Sells Nearly $1.56 Million, With 73% Of Lots Sold

Bassenge Holds Two Photography Sales On December 3rd in Berlin, Including Soviet War Photographs

Van Ham Holds Photo Auction in Cologne On December 5th

Holiday Sales Now On View On I Photo Central Website Until Dec. 19th

Other Upcoming Auction Reminders

White House Photographer Stoughton, Who Took Famed Photo of Swearing in of L.B.J. With Jackie Kennedy, Passes Away

Photo Book Reviews: Two Snapshot Compilations--a Dichotomy of Daily Life

Heritage Auction Holds First Art Photography Auction in Dallas, Dec. 12

E-Photo Newsletter #151
10/29/2008

Bloomsbury Auctions to Hold Two-Part Auction On November 2oth in London

Holiday Sales On View Beginning Nov. 1st On I Photo Central Website Until Dec. 19th

Lee Friedlander Special Exhibit, Book Signing and Gallery Show At Andrew Smith Gallery in Santa Fe, Nm

Other Auction Reminders

Three Photo Books For Your Library: Sculpture, Paulin and Chamlee

Collector Herb Mitchell Passes Away; Collection Goes to NY Met

Photojournalist Alex Rivera Dies At 95

Our First (and Probably Only) Political Endorsement: Barack Obama For President

E-Photo Newsletter #150
10/20/2008

Our 150th Issue of The E-Photo Newsletter

The Auctions and The Market: a Quick Overview From New York City

Villa Grisebach Holds Auction Nov. 27th

Holiday Sales On View Beginning Nov. 1st On I Photo Central Website Until Dec. 19th

Two New Photo Books By Henry Horenstein

Photo Review Auction Now Online

Photographer William Claxton Dies

E-Photo Newsletter #149
10/9/2008

Phillips De Pury & Co. Announces Partnership With Mercury Group

Israel Museum Receives One of World's Most Important Private Photography Collections

Swann Holds Major Auction On Oct. 21; Previews Run Oct. 16-21 in New York City

Be-hold Online and Catalogue Photo Auction to Be Held On Oct. 30th At 2 Pm

Doina Popescu Named First Director of New Ryerson Photo Gallery and Research Centre

Carnegie Museum of Art Creates New Photo Department and Hires New Curator

E-Photo Newsletter #148
9/28/2008

Quillan "Leaf" Controversy: Does Sotheby's Go Overboard With Its AuctionPromotion? Is Photo History The Victim?

What to Do to Protect Yourself When Making Purchases At Auctions

Some Thoughts Concerning The Henry Bright Album's Photogenic Drawings

On The Economy

Calling It "The Final Installment", Sotheby's Schedules Jammes Part 4 Sale For Paris On November 15, 2008

Updates On I Photo Central Website

Photo Books: Coming of Rage; Dancing Walls; Vernacular to The Masters; and Two Historical Dutch Volumes

Auction to Benefit The Photo Review

E-Photo Newsletter #147
8/4/2008

Phillips Single-Owner Sales Hit Some Bumps

Phillips Various Owner Sale Hit Just Under $1-3/4 Million With High 37.3% Buy-in Rate

Christie's Photo Book Sale Big Success:Brings in $2,602,450 With Only 8% Buy-Ins

Christie's Elfering Sale Totals $4,373,200; Nude of Carla Bruni, Sarkozy's Wife, Draws Heavy Media Attention and Silly Bid

The Berman Collection Arbus Sale At Christie's Is a 100% Sell Out and Brings in $1,372,000 From The Auction

Christie's Various Owners Auction Totals $4,682,875, But With a High 33% Buy-in Rate

Christie's Sale of Ansel Adams Collection Brings in $4,678,000, But Who Will It Go to?

AIPAD Cancels Miami Show and Moves Its NY Armory Show to End of March

Photo Book Review: E.O. Hoppé's Australia

Photo Review Summer Garden Party

E-Photo Newsletter #146
7/24/2008

Quillan Collection Sale At Sotheby's Totals $17.3 Million; and Raises Issue as to Who Exactly Owned The Photos

Sotheby's April 8th Sale of "Edward Weston's Gifts to His Sister" and Other Photographs Brings in $1.5+ Million

Sotheby's Regular Spring Sale Hits Just Under $7 Million, With Strong 90% Sold Rate, Helping Auction House to Set New Season Record For Photos

Jammes IV to Go Up At Sotheby's Paris in November

Andrew Smith Gallery Joins I Photo Central, Adding Thousands of Photographers and Images

More Photos and Special Exhibits Added This Week to I Photo Central

Photo Book Review: American Photobooth

Photographer Lutz Dille Dies in France

E-Photo Newsletter #145
7/1/2008

Auction Houses Raise Buyer's Premiums Yet Again, as 20% Mark Now Goes to $1 Million

Bloomsbury Auctions Launches NYC Photography Department

Cornell Capa, Photographer and Founding Director of NYC's International Center of Photography, Passes Away

Sotheby's Tries to Raise $300 Million to Retire Shorter Term Debt and Repurchase York Ave. Headquarters

Over 200 New Photos Added to I Photo Central; as Special Exhibits Are Also Updated With New Images

Editorial: Orphan Work and Copyright Laws

Philip Perkis: Sadness of Men

E-Photo Newsletter #144
5/9/2008

Artcurial Auction Features Rare Autochromes and Hundreds of Other Photographs in Its May 27th Paris Sale

Bloomsbury Auctions First AuctionUnder New Photo Dept. Goes Off On May 22nd in London With a 230-Lot Sale

Anderson Mississippi Photographs Acquired By New Smithsonian Museum

May Auction Help For London and Paris

Photography Shorts…

E-Photo Newsletter #143
4/21/2008

Art Chicago 2008 Attracts 181 Int'l Art And Photography Galleries; Opens Thursday

Villa Grisebach Photography Auction Scheduled On May 29th

Swann Schedules Photo Literature and Photography Sale For May 15th in NYC

Over 400 Books/Photographs At Auction At Van Ham Auctions On June 14th in Cologne

Prices Go Up May 1st For 4 Photographers; Schreiner Featured in Exhibit and Magazines; Holden's Bathers An Artnet Pick

Auction Help For London and Paris

Photography Shorts…

E-Photo Newsletter #142
3/25/2008

AIPAD NYC Show Opens in Just Two Weeks, April 10-13; Benefit On Thursday, April 9

Over 155 New Photos and Book, Plus Two Special Exhibits Go Up On I Photo Central

Photo London Cancelled

Philip Jones Griffiths Dies, Leaving An Anti-War Legacy

Prices To Rise On Three Artists' Work; Kunin Show Up Until The End Of The Month

Review: Weston Book of Nudes

Scheinbaum to Head New Photo Dept.

Lorraine Davis Joins Heritage Auctions

E-Photo Newsletter #141
3/10/2008

Photo Art Market: Up? Down? or How About--Like The Movie--Sideways?

AIPAD NYC Show Runs From April 10-13; Benefit Opens Show On Thursday, April 9

Drapkin Collection Spawns New Book

Photo News Shorts

E-Photo Newsletter #140
2/20/2008

Daytime Portion of Sotheby's Multi-Owner Sale Spotlights Watkins and Weston Images

Be-hold Auction's Part I Held This Thursday, Feb. 21st; Part II Sells Mar. 13th On eBay Live

Houston AIPAD Dealer John Cleary Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer

Photo Book Review: Photofile Series

E-Photo Newsletter #139
1/3/2008

Report From Miami: Art Basel's Decadence, Balanced By AIPAD's Vintage and Large-Scale Contemp and Photo Miami's "Energy/Nerve"

Richard Prince's Marlboro Man Sets World Record of $3.4 Million For Photo At Auction

Artcurial Sets New World Record For 19th-Century Lot At Auction, as Le Gray Chalon Album Goes For Over $1 Million

Sotheby's Nancy Richardson Sale Takes in $1-3/4 Million, With Only 12.5% Buy-Ins

Photo LA Moves Dates and Venue to Jan. 10-13 and The Barker Hanger At Nearby Santa Monica Airport

Over 130 New Images Posted to I Photo Central Website

Photographer and Teacher Jack Welpott Passes Away At 84

Photo Books and Catalogues: Howard Greenberg, Photoshop, Japan and Kasebier

Westlicht Sets New Auction Record For Leica After Setting Record For Highest Priced Camera in May 2007

Photographer/Cinematographers Arrested

Matthieu Humery Joins Christie's NYC

NY Met Acquires Arbus Archive

E-Photo Newsletter #138
12/16/2007

Holiday Greetings to All Our Clients and Newsletter Readers

Births, Deaths and Other News

Holiday Sale On Photos and Books On I Photo Central Extended One More Week

Photo Book: Odalisques & Arabesques

E-Photo Newsletter #137
12/4/2007

AIPAD Miami Photo Show Opens Tonight At 6 Pm and Runs Through Dec. 9 in Miami's Wynwood Art District

Less Than Two Weeks Left On Holiday Sale On Photos and Books On I Photo Central

Nearly 200 New Photos Added to I Photo Central; Plus Special Exhibits

Lodima Press Portfolios Reviewed

E-Photo Newsletter #136
11/16/2007

Holiday Sales Now On View On I Photo Central Website Until Dec. 15th

AIPAD Miami Show Coming Up Quickly With Preview On Dec. 4, From 6-10 P.M.

Photo LA Moves Dates and Venue to Jan. 10-13 and The Barker Hanger At Nearby Santa Monica Airport

Lucien Clergue Honored as First Photographer Named a Member of The French Academy Des Beaux Arts

E-Photo Newsletter #135
10/31/2007

Swann Has Record Photo Auction, Selling Its 1st Million-Dollar-Plus Lot and Exceeding $2 Million For The First Time

Two Villa Grisebach Photography Auctions Scheduled On Nov. 29th

Artcurial Holds Two-Part Photo Auction in Paris On Nov. 17th and 19th

Photo Review's Preview and Auction

New Book By Keith Davis On Early American Photography Has a "Remarkable Narrative Drive"

E-Photo Newsletter #134
10/5/2007

Contemporary Works Exhibiting At AIPAD Miami Photo Show, Dec. 4-9 ; Art Basel Miami Week Is World's Biggest Photography Event

Nearly 300 New Photos Added to I Photo Central; Plus Special Exhibit

Strong Swann Auction to Be Held Oct. 15th At 2:30 Pm in New York City

More Than 400 Books/Photographs Sold By Van Ham Auctions On Nov. 28th in Cologne

Garry Winogrand At Deborah Bell

Timely China Images From Michael Wolf

Upcoming Charity Auctions: Insight On Oct. 5 in Brattleboro, Vt; and Photo Review in Philly On Nov. 10th, With NYC Preview Oct. 18-20

Aperture And AIPAD Present Collectors' Day Of Conversation And Dialogue On Collecting Photography On Oct. 14Th

Photographer Janine Niepce Passes Away

E-Photo Newsletter #133
8/29/2007

Prince and Sherman Are Top Photography Performers At Spring NYC Contemporary Art Auctions

Photo Miami 2007 Moves to New Location in Wynwood Art District, Runs Dec. 4-9, 2007; Combined With AIPAD Show, This Will Be Largest Offering of Photography in The World

Jack Naylor Photographica Collection Goes Up For Auction At Guernsey's On October 18-21

Be-hold's 50th Catalogue and Internet Auction Scheduled For Sept. 20th; New NYC Preview Venue

Ginns' Photographica Absentee Bid Sale Set For Sept. 15Th, Featuring Rare Equipment And Early Images

Auction Houses Raise Buyers' Fees Again For The Second Time This Year

Sotheby's May Have to Look For New Digs in New York City or Perhaps It Will Just Buy Back Its Headquarters

News On Contemporary Works' Artists

Over 230 New Photos Added to I Photo Central; Plus Special Exhibits On Barbara Morgan and C. J. Laughlin

Ted Jones, Master of The Gum Bichromate Print, Passes Away

Kicken 30th Anniversary Catalog Is An Assemblage of 140 Images and Extraordinary Commentary

Photo Review Summer Garden Party Coming Up Saturday, September 8th

E-Photo Newsletter #132
8/1/2007

Maggi Weston Sale Nets Over $7.8 Million At Sotheby's, With Only a 20% Buy-in Rate

Sotheby's Multi-Owner Sale Caps Off Record Auction Season With Over $5.2 Million and 7.7% Buy-Ins

Claudia Kunin and Her Allegorical "Holy Ghost" Series Added to Roster of Contemporary Works/Vintage Works

Photo Book Reviews: Mona Kuhn, Karel Kuklik, and Images of Maori

Directors Bergman and Antonioni Died This Week

NY Met Gets New Contemp Photo Gallery

E-Photo Newsletter #131
7/23/2007

AIPAD's Photography Show--Miami Will Debut Dec. 4-9, 2007 in Wynwood Art District in New 30,000 Sq. Ft. Venue

Phillips Forces Out Wester and Newlin in Shocking Move to Photo Auction Market

Phillips' "27 Exceptional Photographs" Sale Averages $190,000 Per Lot--Highest Ever In Photography Auction; Over $3.6 Million Sold

Phillips' Single And Various Owner Sales Do Very Well, Bringing In Additional $6.8 Million

Photographer Mitch Dobrowner's Western Landscapes Added to Roster of Contemporary Works/Vintage Works

Summer Viewing: Joseph, Vicomte Vigier; John Humble; and Anonymous Snapshots

Weltanschauung/Worldview: The Photography of Leonard Freed

Two Art and History Photography Courses Announced For Fall

E-Photo Newsletter #130
7/18/2007

John Szarkowski Passes Away Due to Stroke's Complications

Ted Hartwell, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Curator, Dies After Heart Attack

Christie's NY's Multi-Owner Spring Sale Brings in Nearly $7.4 Million

Bernd Becher Dies After Heart Surgery

The Problem With a Collector-Driven Art Market and Non-Discriminating Curators and Generalist Dealers

Exhibition Review: Developing Greatness: Origins of American Photography, 1839 -1885

New Books: Stanko Abadzik

E-Photo Newsletter #129
6/16/2007

Christie's Two April 23rd Evening Sales Net Over $3.79 Million

Contemporary Works Adds 3 New Photographers: Vladimir Birgus, Samer Mohdad and Michael Manheim

Bassenge Auctions Will Have Two Sales With Over 500 Photos On June 21-22

Nearly 300 New Photos Added to I Photo Central; Plus Special Exhibits

Rudolf Arnheim, Psychologist and Art Scholar, Dies At 102

The ICP Throws a Summer Party and Auction On June 21st in NYC

New Books: E.O. Hoppé, Art Shay, and History of The Woodburytype

Odds and Ends

E-Photo Newsletter #128
6/4/2007

Cindy Sherman's "Film Stills": An Evaluation Nearly 30 Years After

Sotheby's Triumphs With Cuvelier Sale, Which Brings in Nearly $3 Million

E-Photo Newsletter #126
5/18/2007

Art Chicago 2007 Pulls in 132 Top Art Dealers; and Over 42,000 Attendees Make It to The Five Shows At Artropolis

The Armory and Volta Shows and Merchandise Mart Properties Announce "Strategic Partnerships"

Spring Sale Continues Online On I Photo Central Until May 31st

Prices to Be Increased On Several Photographers Represented By Contemporary Works On June 15th

Thames & Hudson Republishes Photo Poche Series; New Catalogue On Marcel Marien's Dadaist Photos; Zimbel's "Bourbon Street"

E-Photo Newsletter #125
5/4/2007

Spring Sale Now On View On I Photo Central Until May 31st

Two-Part Spring Auction Held By Artcurial in Paris On May 15 and 16

Amon Carter Museum Closes For Repairs to Fire Suppression System

New Book On Photo Postcards

E-Photo Newsletter #124
4/22/2007

AIPAD's 2007 New York Photography Show Another Hit, Despite The Weather

Art Chicago Runs April 26-30; Contemporary Works/Vintage Works Shows in Booth 7-4022

Berman Collection: Books and Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #123
4/9/2007

Art Chicago Runs April 26-30; Contemporary Works/Vintage Works Shows in Booth 7-4022

AIPAD Show Opens Later This Week; Runs From April 12-15 At NY 7th Regiment Armory; Education Program At Guggenheim Added

"27 Exceptional Photographs" At Phillips April 24 Evening Sale; Followed By Regular Photography Sale On April 25

Be-hold Auction to Be Held Apr. 19th; Includes Jesse James Gang Images and Platinum Self Portrait By Hagemeyer

Daguerreian Society Restructures For The Future, Making Cost-Cutting Decisions

Contemporary Works/Vintage Works to Represent Artist Arthur Tress

Artist Sol Lewitt Dies

An Expansion and a New Name For My Company

Photographers and Art & Photo Shows

E-Photo Newsletter #122
3/26/2007

Mid-Season Contemporary Art Auctions Continue The Price Spiral On Photographs

AIPAD Show Coming Up Quickly; Runs From April 12-15 At The NY 7th Regiment Armory

Christie's Feb. 15th Multi-Owner Sale Tops $1.23 Million With Just Over 72% Sold

Updates/Corrections On Last Newsletter

New Book On The Daguerreotype

E-Photo Newsletter #121
3/15/2007

Christie's Solley Auction Brings in $4,328,460 With 79% of Lots Sold

AIPAD's NYC Photo Show Scheduled April 12-15 At New York 7th Armory

Cartier-Bresson Collection of Gandi Assassination and Aftermath Sold

ICP Announces Infinity Award Winners

On Exhibit: An Intimate View of 19th-Century Italy At NYC's American Academy in Rome

New Photography Books

Learning About The Photography Resources On I Photo Central

E-Photo Newsletter #120
3/6/2007

New World Record For Photograph Set By Gursky's 99-Cent Dyptic At $3.35 Million

Art Chicago, Revitalized and Ready For Prime Time, Beginning April 26-30

John Szarkowski Hospitalized With a Stroke

Swann's February Photography Auction Hits Just Below $1 Million; 85% Sold

Photo LA Draws Over 8,500 Attendees

Charles Schwartz Featured in Art+Auction

Pioneering Photo Dealer Carl Siembab Dies

Important Exhibit of Marcel Mariën's Photographs Opens in Belgium

New Photography Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #119
1/3/2007

Art Basel Miami Draws 40,000 to The Craziest Display of Art in The World

More Press For I Photo Central And Vintage Works' Photographers

Three New Special Exhibits Go Up On I Photo Central: Gayle Goodrich; Marcel Marien; Gianni Berengo Gardin and Mario Giacomelli

Ruth Bernhard Passes Away At 101

From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter

Full Time NYC Gallery Position Open

E-Photo Newsletter #118
12/23/2006

A Holiday Message

A Few Corrections and Additions

E-Photo Newsletter #117
12/13/2006

New Books On Japanese Photography

E-Photo Newsletter #116
12/5/2006

Christie's Nets $7.59 Million, Sets New Record For Mapplethorpe

Reed Expo Buys Photo-London

Get Your Last Minute Holiday Gifts At The I Photo Central Holiday Sale

Meet This Week At Art Basel Miami

Photo LA 2007 to Be Held Jan. 19-21

Book Review: The Art of Collecting Photography By Laura Noble

Auction of Erotica Set For Jan. 27th

E-Photo Newsletter #115
11/22/2006

Gursky 99 Cent Again Breaks Record For a Contemporary Photo At $2.48 Million

Sotheby's Fall Auction Brings In $6.5 Million, Sets Record For Adams' Moonrise, Hernandez

Be-hold Auction Held On Dec. 7th With 19th-Century, as Well as 20th-Century Masters, Like Kertesz, Adams, Smith, Strand

Bassenge Will Auction 382 19th- 20th and 21st-Century Lots On Dec 6th

Holiday Sales Now On View On I Photo Central Website Until Dec. 15th

Taking Appointments At Art Basel Miami

Photographs Stolen At Paris Photo

E-Photo Newsletter #114
11/15/2006

Holiday Sales Now On View On I Photo Central Website Until Dec. 15th

More Than 500 Photographs to Be Sold By Van Ham On Dec. 1st in Cologne

Taking Appointments During Art Basel Miami

Photo Books and Dealer Catalogues

Four New Special Exhibits Go Up On I Photo Central: Steel, Surrealism, Rare Books, and Images By Susan McCartney

Photo Review to Have Sealed Bid Auction

300 Photos and Books Added to I Photo Central Over The Last Month

E-Photo Newsletter #113
10/30/2006

Brassai's Paris Sale Nets $6.5 Million: a First-Hand Report From The Front Row

Brassai Auction Scoreboard

Two-Part Artcurial Paris Auction Will Feature Major Daguerreotypes and Key 20th-Century Work By Boubat, Arbus, Mapplethorpe and Others

NYC Camera Club Loses Lease, Sets Auction For Nov. 20th

Abbott Book and Balterman Exhibit Catalogue Reviewed

E-Photo Newsletter #112
10/10/2006

Arnold Newman Archive Goes to Univ. of Texas

Piasa Photography Auctions Scheduled For Nov. 10th and 17th

Online Photography Week Auctions Set For October 18th and 19th

Bonhams & Butterfields Book Dept. Sets Oct. Auction For Watkins Material

Photography Books

AIPAD and Aperture Offer One-Day Seminar On On Collectors and Their Collections On Oct. 15 in NYC

Charles Schwartz Posts Up Special Exhibit On Early Central Park Views

Obituaries: Rothstein, Holmes, Belchior

Contemporary Photography: Truth & The Burden of Reality

E-Photo Newsletter #111
9/26/2006

Westlicht Photographica Sale On Nov. 18th Has Unique Ephemera, Equipment

Photographer James Fee Dies From Cancer

Books: Meyerowitz On World Trade Center Aftermath and The Cirkut Camera's Yard-Long Panoramic Images

Sudek Exhibit Goes Up On I Photo Central

Other News From I Photo Central's Dealers

E-Photo Newsletter #110
9/14/2006

Congress and Its Tax Law Work Deal Blow to Photography and Art Market

Vintage Works Photographers' Images In Exhibits And Photography Magazines

Over 235 New Images Posted to I Photo Central Website

New Photo Book Reviews

Two Charity Auctions Real and Virtual

Other News: Klotchko Joins Mopa; Photographer Garnett Dies At 89

E-Photo Newsletter #109
9/6/2006

Customs Crackdown On U.S. Dealers

Books For Your End of Summer Viewing

Photo Review Party This Weekend

E-Photo Newsletter #108
7/17/2006

Contemporary Auctions Set New Records: Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Sales Net $225 Million This May and June

NYC Sotheby's Tops $185 Million On Two Days of Contemporary Art Sales, as Gursky Photo Hits Record of $2,256, 000

Phillips Sells Over $41 Million At Its Spring Contemporary Sales

Photo San Francisco Opens This Week; Over 60 Exhibitors At 7th Annual Event; Discount For Newsletter Readers

Obituaries: Arnold Newman, Robert Heinecken and Catherine Leroy

New Dates in April Announced By AIPAD; Auctions Reschedule to Match AIPAD

E-Photo Newsletter #107
7/10/2006

Photo San Francisco Opens Next Week; Over 60 Exhibitors At 7th Annual Event; Discount For Newsletter Readers

Phillips Sets Its Highest Sales Total For a Photography Sale

Fireworks in French Auctions On Two Major Photography Albums

Sheeler Barn Goes For Nearly $100,000 On Ebay Live Auction to American Dealer

Largest Update Ever On Vintage Works Images; Over 300 New Images Added in a Week

For Your Summer Reading Pleasure: Photography Books and Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #106
6/16/2006

Boosted By Refco Images, Christie's Take Is Nearly $7.5 Million With Only 12% Buy-in Rate

Sale Coming to a Close On I Photo Central

Be-hold Sale Closes On June 29th, Features Marilyn Images, Photos of War & Conflict

Photography Books and Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #105
5/12/2006

Sotheby's Spring Sale Nets $6.3 Million and a Solid 89.5% Sold

Artcurial Sets Paris Photo Auction For May 22nd

Bassenge Photo Auction Scheduled For May 31st

Van Ham Schedules Auction On May 31st in Cologne

Harper's and Fotografi Run Photos and Features On Marcus Doyle

Auction Help For London and Paris

Spring Sale Continues On I Photo Central

Photo San Francisco Slated For July 20-23 At Fort Mason Center

E-Photo Newsletter #104
4/18/2006

Christie's February Photo Sale Nets Nearly $2 Million and 87% Sold

Notes On Arbus Estate Prints

NYC Auction Bidding

Special Spring Clearance Sale Continues On I Photo Central

Photography Book Reviews

E-Photo Newsletter #103
4/4/2006

Sotheby's Met Sale: Part Two

London Auctions Implement Droit De Suite

Special Spring Clearance Sale Continues On I Photo Central

New Limited Edition Marcus Doyle Book Now Available At Photography Book Stores

Photography Catalogues On Asia

A Guide to Paris Restaurants

Photo Art Blogs Solicited

A Tribute to Photo-Historian Heinz K. Henisch On His Passing

E-Photo Newsletter #102
3/15/2006

Steichen's 'Pond--Moonlight' At Sotheby's Nearly Breaks $3 Million Mark, As Two Stieglitz's Also Top Million Dollar Mark

Photographer Gordon Parks Dies At NYC Home

Getty Quadruples Space For Photography

Walter Rosenblum Dies Amidst Controversy

ICP Announces 2006 Infinity Award Winners

Two New Special Exhibits and New Images Go Up On I Photo Central

Getty Ceo and President Resigns Under Pressure

New Photo Books: One By Michael Wolf and Two By Edward Curtis

E-Photo Newsletter #101
2/5/2006

AIPAD, America's Largest Photography Show, Runs Next Week At 72nd Armory, NYC

Hallmark Collection Acquired By Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Getty Sponsors Conservation Symposium On Baryta Layer

Learning About The Photography Resources On I Photo Central

New Photography Books

E-Photo Newsletter #100
1/8/2006

100th E-Photo Newsletter

Travel Plans For The West Coast

Paris Photo Continues to Mature and Grow; Average Sales Per Booth Up Substantially

Jan. 18th Be-hold Auction Scales Up With More 20th-Century Photography

U.K. Caves Into Droit De Suite Endangering London Contemporary Art Market

Dealer Carl Mautz Joins I Photo Central

New Special Exhibit On Sports and Nearly 700 New Images Go Up On I Photo Central

Other Photography News

E-Photo Newsletter #99
12/24/2005

A Holiday Message

Responses to Our Holiday Message

E-Photo Newsletter #98
11/30/2005

AIPAD Photography Show Moves to 7th Regiment Armory

Christie's London Sets Helmut Newton Record, But Only Sells 67% of Lots

Sotheby's London Sells About $1.1 Million and 72.2% By Lot

Europe Prepares For New Charges On Art and Photography Sales, as Droit De Suite Directive Goes Into Effect January 1, 2006

Major Redesign of I Photo Central Website Announced

I Photo Central End-of-Year Sale Has Only a Month to Go

E-Photo Newsletter #97
11/9/2005

Christie's Regular Sale Has First Photo Lot to Break $1 Million Mark

What Has Happened to The Photo Market At Auction?

Please Visit Us At Paris Photo Next Week

Richard Prince Photo Sells For Nearly $1-1/4 Million and Sets New World Auction Record

Bassenge Photo Auction Scheduled For December 7

End-of-Year Sale Continues On I Photo Central Website

Two New Special Exhibits Go Up On I Photo Central Site

Other Important News

E-Photo Newsletter #96
11/1/2005

Sotheby's Schieszler Sale: Small But Potent Results

Sotheby's Regular Sale Nets $5,570,000; Sells 83%

Cowan's Announces Fall Blockbuster Auction

Artcurial Holds Paris Auction On Nov. 22nd

Israel Museum's Photo Dept. Gets $12 Million Gift From Levine Foundation

Holiday Sale Now On View At I Photo Central Website

New Doyle Color Photo Art Book Now Shipping

New Czech Photography Books

E-Photo Newsletter #95
10/21/2005

Phillips Leads Off in a Tough Spot, But Does Well At Nearly $4.4 Million and a 74.4% Sold Rate

Chartres Auction Nets 148,000 Euros, 90% Sold Rate

Christie's Elfering Auction Nets $7,158,080; 88% Sell-Through

Christie's Sells Mapplethorpe Flowers For $1,530,400

Vintage Works to Exhibit At Paris Photo Nov. 16-20

Holiday Sale On I Photo Central Kicks Off Nov. 1

Two Charity Auctions Real and Virtual

New Special Exhibits Go Up On Iphotocentral Website

E-Photo Newsletter #94
10/4/2005

Van Ham's Photography Auction Set For Oct. 28th

Online Photography Week Auctions End October 12 & 13

Penniston Fishing Images Go Up At Auction On Nov. 4

Travel and Auction Plans

Color Photo Art Book By Marcus Doyle Soon Available

New Photo Books and Catalogues

Contemporary Daguerreotype Shows Scheduled

Charles Schwartz's Work Featured in The NY Times

Position Available

Two Charity Auctions Scheduled

E-Photo Newsletter #93
9/21/2005

Taubman Family Reliquishes Control of Sotheby's in a Restructuring of Stock

Heffel Launches Major Photography Online Auction

Katrina Coverage Continues

Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes On Exhibit

People and Places in The News

New Photography Books/Catalogues

Photo Magazine Gets a New Name and a Shot of Color

E-Photo Newsletter #92
9/8/2005

Hurricane Katrina Hits Photo Community

Paris Photo, World's Largest Photo Expo, Kicks Off in Mid-November

News About The I Photo Central Website and Its Dealer/Members

LACMA to Hold Memorial Service For Robert Sobieszek

Friedlander Exhibit At MOMA Is a Tribute to Artist's Prolificacy; But Are We More Dazed Than Dazzled?

New Photography Book On Disfarmer's Portraits

Photo Review Summer Garden Party Scheduled For Saturday

E-Photo Newsletter #91
7/17/2005

New Book On Photographer Marcus Doyle Offered At Pre-Publication Price

Nearly 250 New Items Posted Up to I Photo Central This Week, Plus New Schreiner Special Exhibit

Just in Time For Summer Reading: New Photography Books and Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #90
6/18/2005

Photo San Francisco Coming Up Next Month, July 21-24

Christie's Lead Off in NY Hits a Home Run, Bringing in $5 Million+

Sotheby's Also Scores Big, Topping $5-3/4 Million and Taking Top Lot of Season

Phillips' Auction Also Does Well, Breaking Over $4-1/4 Million

E-Photo Newsletter #89
5/8/2005

45th Be-hold Catalog/Internet Auction Will End June 3rd

Special Spring Sale Continues On I Photo Central Website

New Photography Book and Catalog

E-Photo Newsletter #88
5/3/2005

Strong Sales At AIPAD Show, The Gates, and a Hint of World Peace

'Kiss' Sells For Nearly A Quarter Million Dollars

Spring Sale Continues as Over a Hundred New Items Are Added to I Photo Central

New Books and Catalogues

New Assistant Director Joins Vintage Works, Ltd.

E-Photo Newsletter #87
4/13/2005

Artcurial Holds April 25th Auction in Paris

Spring Sale Continues On I Photo Central

Photography Books and Catalogues: Roger Fenton and Andre Kertesz

New eBay Scam Reported

E-Photo Newsletter #86
3/19/2005

NY Met Acquires Gilman Paper Collection of 8,500 Photographs Worth Perhaps Over $100 Million

Collector Sheik Al-Thani Reportedly Put Under House Arrest in Qatar

Special Spring Clearance Sale Now On I Photo Central

Online Photography Week Held March 30-31

Two New Special Exhibits Put Up On I Photo Central

I Photo Central Traffic Continues Steep Climb

On a Personal Note

E-Photo Newsletter #85
2/3/2005

Photo LA Posts Strong Show After a Slow Start

AIPAD Show Coming Up Next Week in NYC

Photography Books and Catalogues

E-Photo Newsletter #84
1/17/2005

What Is Going On Out There?

Paris Photo Crowds Impressive, as Market Goes Through Changes

Photo LA Update and Discounts For Our Newsletter Readers

Pennsylvania Auction House Sells Four Dags For $184,000

Ishimoto to Donate 7,000 Photos to Museum in Kochi, Japan

Three New Special Exhibits and 175 New Images Go Up On I Photo Central

E-Photo Newsletter #82
12/10/2004

Lambert Sale a Smashing Success as Records Fall For Contemp Work

Photo LA Coming Up: a Preview and a Discount For Our Readers

Polish Photographer Pawelec Dies in Warsaw At The Age of 81

Christie's Hikes Rates Again

New Photography Books Reviewed

E-Photo Newsletter #81
11/30/2004

Sotheby's Sells Over $4.7 Million and Nearly 84% of Multi-Owner Auction

Swann Does Very Well With Over $1.2 Million and 76% Sold in October Auction

Recent Photography Books in Time For Holiday Gift Giving: Edward Weston: Life Work

Joel-Peter Witkin and William Blake

E-Photo Newsletter #80
11/4/2004

Phillips Does Well With Both Sales, Bringing in Nearly $2 Million in Total Sales With 66.4% Sold

Elton John Sale Hits High Note With 92.4% Sold Rate and $900,000 in Sales

Christie's Regular Multi-Consignor Auction Hits 71.4% Sold and Just Under $4 Million in Sales

Holiday Sale On Iphotocentral

E-Photo Newsletter #79
11/1/2004

Richard Avedon, Fashion and Portrait Giant, Dies

Noted Daguerreian Dealer/Collector Janos Novomezsky Dies Tragically Near Budapest

Helen Gee, Limelight Owner, Passes On

Photo Review Auction Now On Line; Auction in Philly On Nov. 6th

E-Photo Newsletter #78
10/1/2004

Van Ham Auction Comes Up Oct. 29th; Features Rare Edition By The Bechers

Photo New York Coming Up Shortly From Oct.14-17; Dealers Charles Schwartz and Vintage Works to Exhibit

Be-hold's Regular Catalog/Internet Sale Ends Oct. 8th; Minature Case Sale Closes Following Day, Oct 9th

London Auction Details and Follow-Up

eBay Action Bids Up Important Australian Daguerreotype to $18,664 This Week

NYC Photo Review Auction Preview to Run Oct.12-14 At Sarah Morthland Gallery; Auction in Philly On Nov. 6th

Silverstein Moves Into Larger Quarters

1st Photo New York Show to Be Held At The Metropolitan Pavilion, October 14-17

E-Photo Newsletter #77
9/20/2004

Bonhams & Butterfields Fine Prints & Photographs Auction to Be Held October 19th

3rd Online Photography Week Announced

Two New Special Exhibits On I Photo Central Feature Images of African-Americans and Highly Retouched French Criminals

E-Photo Newsletter #76
9/7/2004

Second Christie's Girault De Prangey Daguerreotype Sale Is Less Successful Sale Than Last Year's Auction

Christie's Multi-Owner Sale Totals Just Over 800,000 Pounds

Bonhams London Takes in Just Under 360,000 Pounds Against 583 Lots

Photo-London Kicks Off With a Visit From Elton John and Large Crowds, Although The Crowds Thin Out After The First Day's Reception

The Rest of European Spring Auctions: Bloomsbury and Tajan

Vintage Works' Mid-Summer Sale Ends On September 10Th

Swann Schedules Auction On October 19th

Garner Appointment As Christie's Int'l Specialist Head Of 20Th-Century Decorative Arts And Photographs Now Official

E-Photo Newsletter #75
8/12/2004

Paris Photo, World's Largest Photo Expo, Kicks Off in Mid-November

Legendary Photojournalist Cartier-Bresson Is Buried in South of France

Good Looking Show But Schizophrenic Results Mark This Year's Photo San Francisco

Vintage Works Is Running a Mid-Summer Sale

E-Photo Newsletter #74
7/18/2004

Part One: European Action Busy, But Shows Erratic Results

Update: Photo San Francisco to Be Held This Week, July 22-25 At Ft. Mason Center

Auction House Musical Chairs

Martin Gordon Gallery Joins I Photo Central; Nearly 800 New Images Just Added to Site; New Special Exhibits On I Photo Central

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