[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Douglas Barry]

Makes sense, Don.

Over here in Ireland, there was a tendency to put everything in the one 
auction and start with the small value stuff before working up to the 
final crescendo of the most valuable. However, that experience was 
possibly 20 years ago before we decided we had wa-a-a-ay too much stuff 
and stopped going to those sort of auctions. I still have no wall space 
free, despite having downsized over 8 years ago and intend putting a lot 
of my unhung paintings into auctions in the spring.

Of course, I should also make a restart on thinning out my collection of 
cameras then too. For instance, I was just looking last night at my 4A 
folding Kodak from 1906 ?? which I have wrapped in bubble wrap, and 
thinking that I'll never get around to sourcing roll film for it. In 
2006 when I got it, there were places that would make up the 4 1/4 x 6 
1/2 inch (10,7 x 16,3 cm) roll film, but I can't find any now having 
done a quick search on the net. Mind you, if I did find it, I probably 
wouldn't do anything about it. That said it's hard to let things go.

This is what it looks like 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50543475@N00/335205712/in/photostream/

Douglas


On 07/12/2022 14:08, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Hi Douglas.  These things work cash and carry.  The truly valuable items
> are already removed by family or the estate to the appropriate sales
> outlet(auction house etc.).  I did find one art book of Sci Fi art; think
> Conan the Barbarian or Doc Savage.  We mostly use these as vehicles to see
> parts of Austin that we wouldn't normally visit.
>
> There was a substantial collection of music related to the film industry as
> well as a very large collection of LGBTQ+ art and historical items that was
> of interest to many in the crowd.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 6:09 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> That's a long queue - just for the viewing, I presume. I've no idea how
>> these things work in the US, but I'm assuming the sale/auction was not
>> at the house.
>>
>> Did you got lucky, Don, and buy something interesting? He sounds like he
>> might be the sort of person who would have a nice M3 in his collection,
>> or a minor Miro.
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> On 05/12/2022 11:30, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
>>> Greetings to all.  This week is all from an estate sale we attended
>>> Saturday.  We went mostly because the estate belonged to a UT professor
>> of
>>> visual arts and the home was in old West Austin(property values deep 7
>>> figures).  Our first image is of some early arrivees who seemed well
>>> prepared to wait:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/early+to+the+line+and+prepared.jpg.html
>>> This person seemed to have the force with her:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Strong+force+applied.jpg.html
>>> Our host saying he was opening the gate; please not the forest of the
>> home
>>> in the background:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Junior+Aide+calling+time.jpg.html
>>> The line and instructions on how the process would work:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/explaining+the+rules.jpg.html
>>> The Emcee is a very well known personage in Austin and is quite
>>> affluent(able to navigate in all social circles) yet demonstrates White,
>>> educated, independant, resplendent, and democratic.
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/epitomizing+Austin+Weird.jpg.html
>>> Of course, all of the preceding was just to get you from the front gate
>> to
>>> the front door to wait some more:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Pink+Bikini+long+line.jpg.html
>>> All the best.
>>>
>>
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