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The Photo Review Benefit Auction After-sale
As seems to be the case with a number of benefit auctions this year, The non-profit Photo Review Benefit Auction run by Stephen Perloff did not do as well as…
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Édouard Boubat: Going Where Life Takes Him
Édouard Boubat was born in Paris on September 13, 1923. In 1938, Boubat attended the École Estienne, where he studied to become a photo engraver, but in 1943, he…
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The Insider's Guide to Buying Photographs
Besides historical and aesthetic considerations, most photography collectors ultimately will face the real economic issue of both buying and selling images.
Few of us merely inherit a collection and then pass…
Read More“I Photo Central adds much-needed transparency to what can be an opaque market in vintage photography. Its calendar of auctions and events is indispensable. From its inception, it has been one of my go-to sites.”
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