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Some Recommended Vendors that We Have Worked with.

Over the years Vintage Works, Ltd. and I Photo Central have used a number of vendors in the course of business; many were average and some were just mediocre. But…

Featured Exhibit

19th-Century Ethnographic Photography

By Alex Novak

While ethnographic photography is strictly speaking, photography used for scientific/anthropological purposes to identify characteristics of native types (often indigenous), it has taken on much broader meaning over the…

Collecting Resources

Risk Management and Insurance for Private Photography Collectors, Dealers, Gallery Owners and Museums

Most people will never face a disaster that will reduce their 40-foot home to two feet of ashes. Nor will they ever face the loss of a major collection of…

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