jtrade
pfm Member
I have about 9 prints given to me by Bob in the 80s / early 90s which I'd now - for various reasons somewhat reluctantly - like to sell. Early last year I was put in touch with the now defunct Bloomsbury Auctions in London who put them into a photography sale last spring at what I thought were high estimates (mostly £1,000 - 2,500), the outcome of which was that none sold.
An auction house linked to Bloomsbury, Dreweatts of Newbury, are willing to put them into a sale this coming April at about half the original estimates, so I may try this.
However, even if Bob's work is not as highly valued as I might hope, the prints I have are unique and I wonder if there is a way to more successfully target the collectors who might have the interest to buy them : anyone know what the best way forward to do this might be, please ? Perhaps even to reach US collectors - I imagine the prints can be rolled up into a large cardboard tube.
I'm aware that some of Bob's work has sold at very high prices, up to around £20k, but these are very large, perfectly printed specimens, specially chosen for high value sale. Mine are mostly unique and a little smaller, some signed, and were given to me in some cases simply because I admired them whilst chatting to Bob in his darkroom.
The prints are at present stored with my brother in London - I'm near Amsterdam - but I'm a little concerned about longer term storage. I just tried to upload a scan of the Bloomsbury Auction catalogue pages showing the prints, but received a message about "photos containing nudity", blocking the upload !
An auction house linked to Bloomsbury, Dreweatts of Newbury, are willing to put them into a sale this coming April at about half the original estimates, so I may try this.
However, even if Bob's work is not as highly valued as I might hope, the prints I have are unique and I wonder if there is a way to more successfully target the collectors who might have the interest to buy them : anyone know what the best way forward to do this might be, please ? Perhaps even to reach US collectors - I imagine the prints can be rolled up into a large cardboard tube.
I'm aware that some of Bob's work has sold at very high prices, up to around £20k, but these are very large, perfectly printed specimens, specially chosen for high value sale. Mine are mostly unique and a little smaller, some signed, and were given to me in some cases simply because I admired them whilst chatting to Bob in his darkroom.
The prints are at present stored with my brother in London - I'm near Amsterdam - but I'm a little concerned about longer term storage. I just tried to upload a scan of the Bloomsbury Auction catalogue pages showing the prints, but received a message about "photos containing nudity", blocking the upload !