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Subject: [Leica] Sothebys photo auction
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 17:55:27 -0700
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The one with the model looking at your soul

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 17:52 Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Which one? There are about 7 or 8 of his photos.
>
> On 09/07/2021 01:48, Richard Man wrote:
> > I have a damaged version that?s stupidly expensive for the condition but
> > one of the cheapest originals. The facsimile from stedli is quite good
> but
> > definitely not as good as the original.
> >
> > As for the auction stuff I would love to have that Paolo print
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 16:56 Marty Deveney via LUG <lug at 
> > leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I have an original (bought in the 1990s when it had an expensive but not
> >> stratospheric price) and the reprint, and the reprint is definitely
> better
> >> for actually looking at.
> >>
> >> The original is so fragile I feel like opening and leafing through it is
> >> damaging it, which it probably is.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 at 7:13 pm, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a copy of the reissued version of the HCB book, purchased
> directly
> >>> from Steidl, which, very strangely, as I found out after I received it,
> >> is
> >>> a state of the art photocopy of the original. Very weird, never seen
> >>> anything like that being pulled off before.
> >>>
> >>> The prints are nice, but the prices being bid are a bit too rich for my
> >>> blood. With the fine art market where it is today, it is better to stay
> >>> away, or pick up prints that we personally like by relative unknowns.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Jayanand
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 2:49 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at 
> >>> leica-users.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks Douglas.
> >>>>
> >>>> If I were to pick something, I think I?d go for the original historic
> >>>> print in French of HCB?s The decisive moment, i.e. Images ? la
> >> Sauvette.
> >>>> Just its cover is and invitation and worth having on a wall ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Amities
> >>>>
> >>>> Philippe
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Le 8 juil. 2021 ? 01:41, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit :
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Somebody on this list might have their interest piqued by a couple of
> >>>> items in this auction. The stuff comes from a good home.
> >>>>> Personally, I rather like the Staten Island Ferry shot by Garry
> >>>> Winogrand, but others might like a Leica M6 or one of the other
> cameras
> >>> on
> >>>> the list.
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/in-the-studio-of-paolo-roversi?locale=en
> >>>>> Douglas
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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