Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you were there, you could at least get the story straight... it was the Metropolitan Museum of Art not MOMA. with the 8000+ pices in the collection, they now have a number of "dupes" so they are apparently selling of some of those they now have two of. tim a ----- Original Message ----- From: "bruce" <bruce@ralgo.nl> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] MOMA sells off the Gilman Paper Company Collectin > Well Ted ............. you'd better start/rekindle your printing > activities ............. and not just display them on the LUG. > > B. > > On 15-feb-2006, at 20:32, Chris Saganich 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 > > A0049 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >