"Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am presently paying half attention to a PBS show where people bring in >their garage sale and auction finds, and experts tell them what they are and >how much they're worh. A fellow brought in a large matted and framed sepia >tone-like landscape print that he had purchased at some kind of sale near >Grand Junction, Colorado several years ago. > >It was a William Henry Jackson original print. I know only a small amount >about him, but he was famous for his landscape photos in the 1870's and was >one of the first persons to photograph Yellowstone NP. > >The man who bought the photos purchased four at a price of $15 each. They >are worth $4000 - $5000 each.
I saw some William Henry Jackson prints last summer at the Carnegie Museum of Art. They had an exhibit called "America the Beautiful", which was all Hudson River School paintings, but there was also a section of 19th century landscape photography. Interesting juxtaposition and very educational. I think studying landscape photography by viewing paintings rather than photographs is very valuable. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
