A lot of the time the NY Times' Lens page of photography reminds me of what a dismal world it is for a lot of mankind. What a beautiful surprise today!
I love Autochrome too, I have a couple and will collect some more.
I have a blog about it here with some pictures of the relief image on the emulsion.
When you hold one in your hand it's surprisingly heavy and the images are just wonderful.
post here: http://photo-utopia.blogspot.com/2009/04/early-colour-processes-autochrome.html
Mark