Maybe I should begin collecting Ethnographic pictures??

FenrisWolf · 4th February 2007, 01:57 AM

Yup, there is a huge art market for early prints like these *if* they are originals. Keep in mind these were taken in Northern India at the same time Brady was photographing the Civil War.

What's a dead giveaway is that the seller had two different people try to get him to end bidding early, a sure sign of a hot item. I saw that happen once on an old, rusty samurai sword, no fittings, just a good clear picture of the two character signature. It was a vet bring back, being sold off by the vet's kids. It started at 25.00 and ended at 50,000.00.

Rick · 4th February 2007, 02:04 AM

I remember about 30 years ago buying 300 Cartes De Visite at a church rummage sale for $3.00 total US; among the luminaries present were Dickens, Walt Whitman and John Wilkes Booth along with most of the famous stage actors and celebrities of the mid 19th C.
Needless to say I cashed in ....

Today they would be priceless.

4th February 2007, 01:57 AM	#1
FenrisWolf Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 181	Yup, there is a huge art market for early prints like these if they are originals. Keep in mind these were taken in Northern India at the same time Brady was photographing the Civil War. What's a dead giveaway is that the seller had two different people try to get him to end bidding early, a sure sign of a hot item. I saw that happen once on an old, rusty samurai sword, no fittings, just a good clear picture of the two character signature. It was a vet bring back, being sold off by the vet's kids. It started at 25.00 and ended at 50,000.00.

4th February 2007, 02:04 AM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	I remember about 30 years ago buying 300 Cartes De Visite at a church rummage sale for $3.00 total US; among the luminaries present were Dickens, Walt Whitman and John Wilkes Booth along with most of the famous stage actors and celebrities of the mid 19th C. Needless to say I cashed in .... Today they would be priceless.