[Leica] The Art Market (Contd)

[Douglas Barry]

PS Jayanand, I meant to say that there's a wonderful Modigliani being 
auctioned at Christie's later today. It's called The Artist's Muse and it's 
absolutely gorgeous.

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] The Art Market (Contd)


> Yes Jayanand, that particular Picasso wouldn't appeal to me that much - 
> not
> that I'd turn it down as a gift! However, there are many people who want 
> to
> show they've made their mark on the world by having one, and, in truth, 
> who
> could blame them.
>
> We Leica aficionados bought Leica gear because of its reputation as being
> the best camera gear in the world, and also, let's face it, because of its
> fame, built on that hard won reputation. But is it still the best? That's
> now arguable these days, and we're certainly doing that here!.
>
> On Picasso, there's that great Jeffrey Archer anecdote about his house, 
> and
> the directions to guests in search of the toilet: 'Turn right at the 
> Picasso
> and it's just past the Monet...
>
> For those of you who don't know Jeffrey Archer, then George Oliver Ogle 
> can be a useful friend.
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 3:04 AM
> Subject: [Leica] The Art Market (Contd)
>
>
>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2015/11/portrait-paintings.html
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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