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AIPAD'S Photo New York Show Sparkles at the Park Avenue Armory
With nearly 80 photo exhibitors, plus roughly 20 photobook sellers at the back of the show, the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) put on the largest and most…
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Carte-de-Visites: Photos in Miniature
By Alex Novak
The carte-de-visite (abbreviated cdv or c-d-v) was a type of small photograph mounted on card often with the photographer's printed studio information. The wealthy amateurs Count Olympe…
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On Connoisseurship and Photography Print Values: A Discussion
This article is devoted to a very important subject: connoisseurship and the print. This should be a topic of primary concern for any collector, institution or dealer. What…
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