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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The first version of the Autochrome, which was the first practical color process, was patented on December 17th, 1903 by the brothers…
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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