Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]WOW! What an auction. These are what I would buy, for investment, affordability and personal preference. Actually, my first choice would be this Salgado photograph, especially in the age of coronavirus. This station handles 8-10 million commuters a day when at full throttle, and this picture is just a perfect symbolic capture! https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/sebastiao-salgado-churchgate-station-india Both these HCB classics seem good value, relative to some of the crazy prices there: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/henri-cartier-bresson-siphnos-greece https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/henri-cartier-bresson-on-the-banks-of-the-marne This because, well, it is Gene Smith: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/w-eugene-smith-dance-of-the-flaming-coke Finally, this very Vermeerish scene - well, if you cannot have a Vermeer original, this is the next best! https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2/tom-hunter-the-girl-with-the-glass-of-wine Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:47 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Everybody has a personal opinion about what is a good photograph, but, > sadly, the only way to get yourself enshrined in the pantheon of "The > Great Photographers" is to have someone pay lots of money for your images. > > Is Putin's poodle Dmitry Medvedev a great photographer? Well, someone > paid $1.7 million for one of his, but the disqualifier is the "someone" > is an oligarch friend of his, so Dmitry has to go through a few more > hoops before he gets any credibility, if ever. > > Anyway, I used to go to a few photographic auctions in the past so still > get notifications as the auction houses who live in hope that I might > win the lottery (mind you, I do live in hope too). Here's a link to a > current one below, and it's interesting to see the prices of some famous > photographs. Of course, I'm aware that art and photographic art is just > a way of storing money outside of other markets, and I expect the prices > at this auction and many others to come to be compressed by the current > plague, lack of liquidity, and fear. > > So, if you're feeling brave, and maybe have just won the lottery, you > could make a killing. In any case, you'll have a chance to have a look > at some interesting images. > > https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/photographs-2?locale=en > > Tell us what your favourite is. > > Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >