[photo-3d] Please don't sell Seton Rochwite's life on eBay!!

[Philip Steinman <philipsteinman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> From: "Chuck Holzner" <cfholzner@xxxxxxxx>...
 >>One thing about auctions, The objects go to whoever values them the
 >>most.
 >Exactly, and the institutions that you would most want to have the items -
 >i.e. well funded museums and so on that are up to date with the internet -
 >very likely do peruse the various online auctions for material that they
 >feel they need. Then, as Chuck points out, the institution (or individual)
 >that has the greatest interest in the items is likely to win the
 >auction(s). Thus you minimize the possibility that the items will
 >disappear into storage.

Unfortunately, things don't always work out this way.  There are many
works of art whose value is not always perceived during it's time;
Emily Dickinson's poems or Van Gogh's paintings for example.
If Van Gogh were popular in his time, then his paintings would be all
over the world and most of us here would never have seen 10% of them
in person.  But because they stayed together, today they've traveled the
world in exhibitions.  When they're not traveling, you can see them
in Amsterdam.. most all of them together, which I found to be one
of the greatest days of my life.. exploring 3 floors of Van Gogh.. wow!

 >The level of respect with
 >which you treat your possessions is directly related to the level of your
 >financial investment in these possessions.

I don't agree with this at all.. you should see how my mom takes care
of her car versus how she treasures a bunch of family photos from
Price/Costco.  One man's trash is another man's treasure regardless
of cost.  Additionally, we all live by different economic means.

 >Possible exception to this rule in regard to Seton Rochwite items might
 >well be the Holmes library, which may not have great financial means, but
 >is obviously geared towards stereoscopica. Still, it stands to reason that
 >any museum or individual who is actively archiving and/or exhibiting
 >stereoscopic history would be interested in purchasing these items - and as
 >high bidder in an auction may well be the most "qualified" to take custody
 >of the items.

What a great idea.. we should all hope something like this happens.

 >One way that the auction process may be "detrimental" is that seller has
 >economic incentive to sell all the items individually, but this risks
 >breaking up the collection.

The items will be worth more in the future, when a book has been
written, a website created for, and a place in history made known
for Seton Rochwite.

3D-Photography: let it sleep quietly for another 1/4 century, or awake
the sleeping giant now?

Philip Steinman
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