E-Photo Newsletter #210
12/21/2014

Christie's Puts up Three NY Fall Auctions: Forbe's Sale Hits Only $1,298,125 with a Buy-In Rate of over 40%

Christie's NY Various Owners Sale Does a Bit Better at $2,740,750 with 30.3% Buy-In Rate

Christie's Triple XXX Auction Fails to Move Some Big Lots, But Sells over $2 Million with 28.2% Buy-In Rate

Sotheby's Multi-Owner Sale Totals $5,547,188 with 30.6% Buy-In Rate

Phillips' Two Auctions Total $6,744,625 with a 25% Buy-In Rate

Swann Auction Brings in $1,447,240, with 34% Buy-In Rate

Auctionata Seeks Consignments for Inaugural Photography Auction

Three Must-See-Now Events: Rijks' Modern Times, Thomas Walther Collection at N.Y. MoMA, and Classic Photographs Los Angeles

Denise Bethel Leaves Sotheby's after 24 Years

I Photo Central Holds Holiday Sale through Jan. 31st; Charles Schwartz Offers Two Major Collections--Dogs and Relievo Ambros

E-Photo Newsletter #209
11/5/2014

A Landmark Survey of Paul Strand's Photography at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through Jan. 4th

Bassenge Photography Auction Held Dec. 3rd in Berlin

Modern and Contemporary Photography Auction at Villa Grisebach on November 26th in Berlin

Millon's Nov. 14th Auction Includes 19th and 20th-Century Master Photographers and Features Frédéric Barzilay's Work

Be-hold Schedules an On-Line Only Auction for Nov. 20th

380 New Items Posted up for Sale on I Photo Central Web Site in Just the Last Three Months

Photography Books: Conserving Color's Legacy and Cataloguing Paul Strand

Noted Swiss Photojournalist René Burri Passes Away at 81

E-Photo Newsletter #208
10/20/2014

Photographer Ray Metzker Passes Away in Philadelphia

Christie's Takes Additional 2% Share of Hammer Price from Sellers if Auction House Beats Estimates

Passing of Photography Baton at National Gallery of Australia

Photo Book Reviews: Before and After Mapplethorpe; Vladimir Birgus's Signature; Rowe's Arizona Stereographs

Photo Review Benefit Auction After-Sale

Cinema Photography Dealer/Collector Didier 'Obsis' Grandsart Dies

E-Photo Newsletter #207
9/22/2014

Why Arles Is Important to You—to Photography

Changes and Challenges at Rencontres d'Arles Photography Festival

Oscar Rejlander Album Sells for over $130,000 in England

Phillips Opens New Auction Facilities in London

Griffin Museum of Photography Selects Focus Award Winners

Photo Book and Catalogue Reviews: In Ansel Adams' Footsteps, Kertesz's Raison d'Etre, and more

Penelope Niven, Noted Steichen Biographer, Dies

E-Photo Newsletter #206
9/5/2014

Bizarre Enghien Photography Auction Weirds Me Out, But Still Brings in Nearly $1.9 Million

New Responsive Web Design For I Photo Central

Sotheby's Partners (Again) with EBay

Six Auction Houses Ban Together To Launch Bidsquare

Bonhams May Be Bought by Chinese Auction House

Two Photography Shows Announce 2015 dates

Curator Kate Bush Joins British Science Museum Group

One-Day Daguerreian Society TradeFair Held Sunday, Sept. 28

Beato China Album Sells for $410,000

Photo Book and Catalogue Reviews: Sudek, Uelsmann, Levy, 19th-Century Texas and a Dealer Catalogue #150

Platinum and Palladium Photographs Symposium and Tours, Washington, DC, October 21-24, 2014

Sotheby’s to Auction 548 Weston Photographs as a Single Lot on September 30th in New York City with $2-3 Million Estimate

Violet Hamilton Passes Away

Daguerreian Expert Michele Krainik Dies at Her Home

Rohn Engh Dies of Pneumonia and Other Complications

E-Photo Newsletter #205
8/16/2014

Summertime in Europe: Events, Exhibitions, Auctions and Bievres

Dueling Mapplethorpe Shows and Cartier-Bresson Show in Paris

Choices Paris Offers a Selection of Artists in New May Show

Salon de la Photographie Contemporaine Appears Mostly an Exercise in "How Not to Use Photoshop"

Taking a Break from Paris: Brussels, Amsterdam, etc. Then Back to Paris and the Galleries and Private Dealers

Paris Auctions Bad and…Well…Worse: Artcurial Ekes out 738,000 Euros with New Expert

Bievres: Isn't Like It Used to Be…And There Are Several Reasons Why

Over 300 New Items up Online on I Photo Central

Freeman's Photo and Photo Book Auction Scheduled for Sept. 16th

Daguerreian Society to Hold Annual Symposium in Austin, TX

Major Photography Show Inaugurates Rijksmuseum's Newly Renovated Philips Wing on November 1st

Joint Venture Launched to Help Photographers and Their Archives; Seminar Scheduled for Sept. 5-6 at ICP in New York City

E-Photo Newsletter #204
7/1/2014

Sotheby's Spring NYC Multi-Owner Auction Tops $4 million

Christie's Special Ansel Adams Auction Brings in $2.15 million

Christie's Spring Various Owners Sale Tops $4.2 million

Swann Ekes out $784,636 from its Two-Part Auction

Le Gray-Mestral Redux: Ten Rare Daguerreotype Plates Come back up in Paris on July 4th

Magnum Goes Through a Change in Leadership; Announces New Members and 2014 Inge Morath Award

Four Photography Giants Pass Away: Rudolf Kicken, Roger Mayne, Michael Schmid and Robert Lebeck

Photographer Stanko Abadžic's Newest Book Is Now Available

E-Photo Newsletter #203
5/13/2014

AIPAD at the Park Avenue Armory: A High Energy Affair with Elegance

Phillips Tops Last Year’s NYC Spring Auction at nearly $6.4 million

Sotheby’s 31-Lot Single-Owner Sale Tops $5.4 million

More Auction Coverage Next Newsletter

Villa Grisebach to Auction off 312 lots of Modern and Contemporary Photography in Berlin

Be-Hold Internet Auction Features Selection of Major 19th and 20th-century Portraits on May 29th

Artist Claudia Kunin Wins Best Short "Experimental" Film at BeFilm Underground Film Festival in NYC

J. Paul Getty Museum Acquires Major Collection of 66 Staged Photographs by Arthur Tress

E-Photo Newsletter #202
5/1/2014

Markets Strong as Auctions Do Relatively Well, Dealers Report Up Tick, and AIPAD Opens Strongly

Bassenge Holds Auction of Chinese Photos, 1890s-1950s, Plus Multi-Owner Sale in Berlin on June 4th

London Photograph Fair Changes Hands Again

Over 300 New Items Posted up for Sale on I Photo Central Web Site in Just the Last Three Months

Photo Book Reviews: America, London and Photographers in View

E-Photo Newsletter #201
4/6/2014

Dealer Members Of I Photo Central Will Exhibit Rare And Unique Photos At AIPAD

"Lost" Scott Polar Negatives Go to Cambridge

ICP Closing Midtown Museum Location; Announces 2014 Infinity Award Winners

Phillip Prodger to Head up Photo Collection of London's National Portrait Gallery

Artcurial Relaunches Photo Department

Joshua Chuang Moves to Center for Creative Photography as Chief Curator

Photojournalist John Dominus Passes Away

First Ever Show on the Work of Shimooka Renjo Runs through May 6th at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Musée d'Orsay Purchases Rare Image of Baudelaire for €50,000 from Serge Plantureux

Photo New Briefs

Photo Books: Impressionist France; Iron Muse; Calotype in America; Antique Photographica; Eating out at the Turn of the Century