P3D Re: Stereo Slides in NSA auction, and collecting contemp slides

[Lme Kbee <jet_lk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Bill (who?) C. Walton was asking why there were no slides from
contemporary stereographers in the auction.

Well, I don't know for sure, but it has been my experience that people
are not willing to pay to much for stereo slides.  Most people will
pay more for a stereo pair of prints (even though they are far from
one of a kind) and that people usually don't want to pay more that $1
to $5 for a one of a kind original stereo slide.  This does not make
to much sense to me, other than the possibility that you can't easilly
display a slide in your home.

It is my personal taste that I like slides MUCH more than prints
(again only my personal taste).  If you were a photographer selling
limited ( maybe 100 ) edition prints of your work (non stereo) you
could, depending on how well known you are, get possibly hundreds to
thousands of dollars for one image, and yet I don't think I know
anyone who would ever pay more than $10 for a one of a kind original
slide unless it was graphic pornography.

This saddens me, because I am in the middle of trying to get some of
the local photographic art world (in Los Angeles) to recognise stereo
images as a wonderfull part of the art of photography.  Most people
just say, "Well it is a cool image, but how do you display it?", or,
"Can you make a print of it, I would buy that?",  or, "I don't know if
anyone would want to pay alot of money for something they can't see
without looking through one of those thingies.",  or the worst one,
"Oooh, thats a neat toy.".

I have figured out some ways to work around some of the issues, but
the bottom line is still that after around 50 years of 35mm slide
stereography, most people that are only familliar with flat
photography think of it as a new gimicky silly toy.   :(  And most of
the stereographers out there (including me) just aren't into paying
big bucks for other people's images, especially if they aren't the
original.

To sum up, I wouldn't put any of my images into the auction, because I
don't think I could get enough money to justify giving up the slides,
or having dupes made for that matter.   :(

Jet-Lincoln 
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