Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Dan, When you order an HCB print from Agathe Gaillard, his agent, she asks HCB's printer (Daniel Mordac) to make it, then send it to HCB who dry-stamps and signs it. This is a way to distinguish work or press prints from collection prints (that are washed longer than others). As HCB accepts to sell only pictures that had been published, you can say he approved it. BTW, some times ago, the French magazine Match, sort of Life, published some pictures from Theron's collection (one of the biggest private collection in the world). I agree with you that none of these pictures was only slightly appealing. It's the collector syndrome... All the best, - -- Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) Lyon, France http://www.jcberger.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Dan Cardish > Sent: Saturday 04 December 1999 01:38 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] details on HCB pix auctioned in Berlin > > > It would seem to me that the embossed prints are the crappy ones that HCB > had made for magazine publication, the ones where, "I never gave them even > a glance of approval". > > Why anyone would give anything for these prints is beyond me, yet > apparently they do. I guess collectors are the same whether it concerns > Leica MPs or HCB prints. > > Dan C.