Category Archives: auction

baby steps

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Photographers often choose to specialize. One such specialty is child photography – especially photos of new borns for the parents. Many photographers and studios cater to the baby set, offering special deals to mothers and fathers, of the newly … Continue reading →

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in the dark of the night

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. One of the thrills (and skills) of film is to watch  a print miraculously appear in the developer tray in a darkroom lit by a dim rubyish light. Every darkroom has its enlarger and/or contact printer ready to crank … Continue reading →

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getting closer

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Got you pocket book ready? Our fall ESTATE auction is thundering down the calendar and will emerge on September 17, 2023. Mark the date and be sure to drop by. The above notice link includes a slide show in … Continue reading →

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worth the price?

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. One of our exchange groups, PHSNE, in their June 2023 issue of Snap-Shots reports that this CdV went for a hammer price of $125,000 US recently at Swann Galleries in NYC. The announcement was posted on the ‘Fine Books … Continue reading →

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enlightening

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Film slide projectors were once called ‘magic lanterns’ and given elaborate technical names. The projected media was painted etc. on a transparent base, usually glass. In pre-movie days the glass plate ‘slides’ were sometimes made with added adjustable pieces … Continue reading →

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what’s in your collection?

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Photos? View cameras? Digital cameras? Film cameras? No matter what you collect, don’t miss our auction next month on the 17th? Clint (our president and auctioneer) has pulled together an amazing number of lots for this ESTATE auction. This … Continue reading →

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a cheap education

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Books can give you an education including knowledge of photography and its history. Typical is this book called America and the Tintype  by Steve Kasher. When it first came out, tintypes were featured in an ICP exhibit (20008/9). Lot … Continue reading →

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lots of weighty things

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. We collect cameras, lenses, and photographs. Others collect paperweights. And like photo history buffs (camera collectors, photo collectors, ephemera, etc.), many clubs exist for the paperweight collectors (see additional resources on this site). There are also Canadian clubs.  Sometimes … Continue reading →

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dag – nab it!

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Okay, it’s not the most subtle expression but our Fall Estate auction on September 17th will  include some cased and uncased images including this uncased daguerreotype (lot 145) taken by Henry Warren down in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dags are amongst … Continue reading →

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a lot of photos

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Some years ago I checked the member interests and about 15% of members collected mainly photographs. Almost all members – including me – seem to  have some old photographs around. With the evolution of digital technology photograph collections are … Continue reading →

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