[Leica] Sothebys photo auction

[Marty Deveney]

I have an original (bought in the 1990s when it had an expensive but not
stratospheric price) and the reprint, and the reprint is definitely better
for actually looking at.

The original is so fragile I feel like opening and leafing through it is
damaging it, which it probably is.



On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 at 7:13 pm, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> 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 à la Sauvette.
> > Just its cover is and invitation and worth having on a wall ;-)
> >
> > Amities
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> >
> >
> > > Le 8 juil. 2021 à 01:41, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a écrit :
> > >
> > > 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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