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Some Egglestons are up for grabs

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not impressed,especially the white ceiling fan. everybody has one of those.
 

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These prices are absurd. Half a million for a mundane Eggleston photo of a bicycle? If his photos go for that much, what should Bresson's be worth — billions?
 

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nikos79 said:
These prices are absurd. Half a million for a mundane Eggleston photo of a bicycle? If his photos go for that much, what should Bresson's be worth — billions?
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I'd be willing to go as high as $20 for a Bresson.
 
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not impressed,especially the white ceiling fan. everybody has one of those.
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I’m not sure how that ceiling fan snuck in there.

My fave is stirring a cocktail mid-flight, but alas it’s the most expensive one going by the predictions.
 

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For the bicycle photo using a massive digital print and in a very limited series, managed to fetch prices exceeding half a million dollars. At the same time, of course, it sparked lawsuits from buyers of older, smaller prints of his photographs who felt betrayed
 

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Pleass cite your source. The recent Eggleston show at Zwirmer was all dye transfers.
 

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Notice how he uses the music analogy to make a connection with a quote by AA.
 
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I remember that lawsuit. Ironically the smaller prints were likely better quality dye transfers but whatever, those collectors were pissed about artificial scarcity and Eggleston had no Fs to give.
 

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warden said:
I remember that lawsuit. Ironically the smaller prints were likely better quality dye transfers but whatever, those collectors were pissed about artificial scarcity and Eggleston had no Fs to give.
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So I researched it and the collector who sued obviously had no idea of how editioning works. What Eggleston or his representatives did was perfectly legitimate.
 

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Notice how he uses the music analogy to make a connection with a quote by AA.
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Fact: Strichertz made a music analogy.
Fact: AA made a music analogy.
Conjecture: the intent of association.

Plenty of people make music analogies, or sports, cars, fruits etc. etc.
 

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warden said:
I’m not sure how that ceiling fan snuck in there.

My fave is stirring a cocktail mid-flight, but alas it’s the most expensive one going by the predictions.
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The mid-flight cocktail listing is actually a thumbnail for a full portfolio of 101 dye transfer prints, which goes some way to explaining the $2-3M estimate.

If I understand the listing details (I didn't watch the video yet), these images are all dye transfer printers' proofs sourced from the printers, from photos that had extremely limited original editions (of 10 or so). I suppose they might be considered extras or less valuable than the numbered edition prints, but Eggleston is iconic like-him-or-not, there are only so many dye transfer Eggleston prints in the world, and I imagine there aren't going to be any more.
 

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Thanks, love his work, however I can only afford his books, like this one, purchased a couple of years ago (At Zenith) https://steidl.de/Books/At-Zenith-1011364257.html
 

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If you would pay half a million for a photo by Eggleston, that he didn't print, what would you pay for a original Atget?
 

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If you would pay half a million for a photo by Eggleston, that he didn't print, what would you pay for a original Atget?
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Anecdotally a friend of a friend traveled to Paris some years ago and bought some photos from a local antiquities only to discover thay were original Atgets! Came back home around 30k richer
 

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if you can't make it good, make it big!
 

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When we were in LA last, I made a point of seeing the Dye Transfer from Eggleston in a gallery. There were about 50+ of them, about 16x20?

After looking at all of them, I looked at my wife and said, which one is your favorite, and she promptly picked out the only one worth anything.

I will take any Avedon any day ;-)
 

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Eggleston: You suck. I suck. The whole world sucks, and if you think you can unsuck yourself, you're just delusional.

Of what he shows us about the 60's and 70's, none of it is worth looking at. God, I hate his crap.
 

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Stunning. Thanks for sharing.

His exhibition in Berlin a couple of years ago was an unforgettable experience. I bought the accompanying book (printed by Steidl) on the spot, too, but it really, really doesn't make the prints justice.

One of the most incredible American artists of the last 249 years.
 
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