Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/15

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Subject: [Leica] MOMA sells off the Gilman Paper Company Collectin
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Wed Feb 15 12:46:59 2006
References: <6.2.1.2.2.20060215140817.00c67e90@pop.med.cornell.edu>

Good to hear from CUMC.

a former Olin Hall resident,
Eric


On 2/15/06, Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote:
>
> I happen to work in the building next to Southeby's in NYC.  A benefit is
> I
> can drop in on auctions.  This morning and afternoon I was witness to a
> couple extraordinary sales.  The first was Steichen's "The Pond-
> Moonlight", sold for 2.928 million. Walker Evans' "Floyd Burroughs", 307
> thousand, Franks' "US 285 New Mexico", 156 thousand.  The bidding was
> fierce.
>
> Most of the photographs sold were from the Gilman Paper Company Collection
> which was recently acquired by the New York Museum of Modern Art.  They
> apparently are breaking up the collection which is just sad.
>
> Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist
> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
> New York Presbyterian Hospital
>
> Ph. 212.746.6964
> Fax. 212.746.4800
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>
>
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