Hello all!
After ages of lurking here I decided to "come out of the closet"...
First of all, good day to you all! (and please calm down on this subject
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I wanted to add my "two cents" to this post as it conserns me too.
As some of you know, I also collect photos from ebay. I also have some "angsts" towards sudek13, and yes it is because he is for me unbeatable. -The reason is... yes you guessed it. Money! -He has many times more than I do.
-But this is not a reason imho to start complaingn about it... no use guys!
It is a fact of life that some have more of it than others.
If Hoependoepl or anyone else gets to use Sudek 13's photos for publications be happy about it... if this is true it is the best news I have got out of this... as my biggest matter of anger was that I was afraid they would simply "disappear"!!!
And it is quite obvious that these photos are not intended for everyone (if for anyone). When I first got "trouble" from Sudek, I tried contacting him to ask for purchasing digital copies of my loved Heinkel He 70 he got, but never received an answer... and I offered imho fairly decent sums! -With many collectors I have managed this. -I had to try... and I bet sudek13 has got numerous similar requests...
I am not trying to defend Sudek13, as I hope he would vanish like many others of you do... but I just want to share my pointers here... and I dont see what this written so far helps in genral.
I personally gladly share what I have and hope that it benefits me by getting copies from other persons collections...
Also it was mentioned earlier in this post that he gets everything... well I disagree! He might be able to crab most top photos (some of them going to other high rollers), and making life hard for us others... still a lot of gems go unnoticed/unwanted.
My strategy has been to browse other auction sites from other countries with the help of a few friends and try to gather photos that way. Also try walking around your neighbourhood "antique" shps etc... I guess most of you, like me do that.
But your discussion here is imho pointless... as after many posts you are still in the start zone...
The value of any photo is exactly the amount some "nut" is willing to pay for it... me being one of thousands of such "nuts"
I hope I got my points straight, as I dont mean to start a flame war here...
Best wishes, Joel Kuusman