Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, Wasn't it the Metropolitan Museum of Art and NOT MOMA? Cheers, John On 2/15/06, Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote: > I happen to work in the building next to Southeby's in NYC. A benefit is I > can drop in on auctions. This morning and afternoon I was witness to a > couple extraordinary sales. The first was Steichen's "The Pond- > Moonlight", sold for 2.928 million. Walker Evans' "Floyd Burroughs", 307 > thousand, Franks' "US 285 New Mexico", 156 thousand. The bidding was > fierce. > > Most of the photographs sold were from the Gilman Paper Company Collection > which was recently acquired by the New York Museum of Modern Art. They > apparently are breaking up the collection which is just sad. > > Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > A0049 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >