Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/04

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Subject: [Leica] Interesting court ruling
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:15:54 -0400

There's a big discussion of it on Rangefinderforum. The people with no
understanding of the history or art and photography were all angry that
Eggleston "Got Away With" something they think is "Dishonest". The rest of
us were surprised it even made it into court. Photographers have always
sold multiple limited editions of the same photos. Each edition was
considered separate and collectors valued them differently based on when
they were made, size of the prints, process used, etc. Ansel Adams sold a
number of limited edition portfolios, each portfolio containing a
collection of prints that were sold together in one box, and labeled as
part of that specific portfolio. The same prints were sold outside the
portfolios in unlimited numbers. This didn't affect the value of the
prints from the limited edition portfolios, which had value if kept
together as a set, and were rare for that reason.


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On 4/4/13 3:23 AM, "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:

>I found this an interesting ruling on limited edition prints:
>
>http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/04/03/judge-eggleston-dispute-collector
>
>Gerry
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