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Originally Posted by Richard T. Eger
The flip side of his being very, very wealthy is that, if any of you are about to retire and wish to buy that Caribbean island, selling your precious photos on eBay might be a way to have a good, steady income in your leisure years. The thought is tempting, considering how many photos I actually have...
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Hi Richard,
a real enthusiast and collector don't sells his collection of precious photos
because it's part of his life or soul, call it like you want, I don't find the
perfect English words. I know, I exaggerate a little bid ;-) But I feel a
little bid of irony in your words and I think you hit the nail on the head!
You can make a little bid business with some photos in the present, lots
of professional traders and private sellers make good money - nobody
knows how long this works in this way. I heared about collectors and
publishers who sold their complete collection at ebay or to sudek directly.
When you become old and you don't want that your collection will be
splitted - maybe, it's a possibility.
On the other hand it's a pleasure to bid and win against these high
bidders and it's always a satisfaction when some other bidders win
beautiful photos too. And if you find these photos published a little bid
later, it's really great!
I also heard that the archive will support researcher and publisher in
the future but in return the members of the archive are also interested
in support of these researchers. Maybe a fair deal. Long time ago
some members of this board speculated about how this could work
as I remember right.
OK, I hope that everybody will have fun in our hobby - also in the future.
With the best wishes for the new year 2007,
Sven.