Christie's sale of the Maillet Daguerreotype Collection, the most important sale of daguerreotypes in 25 years, online through June 26, totaled a substantial $1,618,722 with a minuscule 4.2% buy-in rate.…
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For all its power to document the shapes and structures of the world, photography's power to immortalize the human form and face is perhaps its most beloved characteristic.…
Read MoreThis article is devoted to a very important subject: connoisseurship and the print. This should be a topic of primary concern for any collector, institution or dealer. What…
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