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Subject: [Leica] Sothebys photo auction
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 11:57:57 +0200
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Certainly true, but this one version means much to selfish me ;-) 
Does love count the cost?

On a more general plane, my heirs will hate me for my hobbies when they 
clear the house of it all ... :-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 8 juil. 2021 ? 11:42, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> a ?crit :
> 
> 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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