Thread: Photos 2-28
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Old 1st March 2007, 12:32
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Re: Photos 2-28

Yes, the Fairey Battle is well covered - And most often called everything else than Fairey Battle at Ebay, "British fighter, Belgian......, French......" etc etc - But on the other hand I saw some Ju 87 picture pass as "German fighter" above.

Several of the photos at Ebay are obviously taken out of an album and sold piecemal. A pity as several are from a series of pictures and/or taken out of a larger context which adds information, making the collection more valuable than the sum of the individual photos.
Selling these photos without their background is like selling archeological objects which have been excavated without scientific documentation and then exhibited without comments.
Luckily several have memory notes on the backside regarding location, dates and names. Sometimes I wish these interesting pictures could be made to speak and tell the story. However, the few who can tell where, what and when it happened are soon gone or have sadly already left us.....
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