[Leica] clark and price

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Arthur,

I have both books in stock...but yes they are expensive. I have a few copies 
left, but mostly they sell to the Japanese book collectors at there 
ridiculous prices.

I am also about to buy a big collection of monographs in the near future...so 
after I do you might be interested in browsing them. That is if you are into 
monographs in general and not just the Clark books. 

I have been passionately involved in collecting them for about 12-15 years 
now and was lucky enough to get in before prices became crazy. I don't even 
go to Photographer's Place anymore because it makes me sick if I see anything 
I want. I would need to sell my car. Harvey showed me a few books that he 
wants $7500-$10k for now. WOW! There was no such thing as little as 5 years 
ago. (Well outside of Camera Work sets and some real obscure stuff I'd never 
heard of from the dawn of photography.)

...and now the point of my post... 

I did buy my copy of Tulsa on the street for $30 (even the street vendor knew 
it was worth something...) probably down the block from where you live. It 
was on Ave. A down the way from the NYU doorms. Probably about 8th Street. 
(we were doing Indian on 6th just before) So I guess it IS or at least WAS 
possible to find these on the street. That was the paper back copy anyway. I 
think it was a second edition.

I bought my copy of Teenage Lust in Boston (actually three copies) for $50 
each from a second hand books store. I think at the time I sold each of the 
other ones for $150...which now seem to bring as high as $400-$500. I think 
that is the better of the two books even though Tulsa sells for quite a bit 
more. The are both really raunchy books though with some sick stuff in them. 
I can't say that I'm a real fan when it comes down to it and talk about 
"amateurish" ...the technique really is not that good. Shock value stuff.

I picked up a copy of Danny Lyon's _The Bikeriders_ this year (finally) but I 
won't tell you what I paid. I have the reissue, but I always liked Lyon more 
than Clark in that genre (if you can call it that) so I thought it would be 
nice to have in first edition. Get the reissue while you can if you don't 
have it. I predict that too will be scarce in the future. (I heard only 2000 
printed?!?!) I see the guys on Prince Street near Bway with them for about 
$25 some times...




later,
Rich