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New York Camera Club Auction and Contest

The Camera Club of New York is holding a benefit auction at Peer Gallery (526 West 26th Street, Suite 209) today from 6 to 9 p.m. Those in the area who want to support the group (The Camera Club is a peer organization and also provides facilities for photographers in the city) and pick up some great photos should stop by.  It will also be a good place to check out some great emerging photographers such as Martine Fougeron and Alex Morel along with established photographers such as Larry Fink, Adam Bartos and Matthew Monteith. (Those outside the city can see the works on display at www.cameraclubofnewyork.org.) (photo at left by Cornelia Hediger)

Naylor Collection Will Be Up For Auction

Thurman “Jack” Naylor’s chance meeting with photographer Margaret Bourke-White ignited in him a passion for photography that led to what many consider to be the finest privately owned photography collection. And this month, 2000 of its finest pieces will be auctioned at Guernsey’s auction house in New York City.

Following a few days of public previews, the unreserved auction will happen October 18-21 at the Americas Society landmark mansion (68th street and Park Ave). Bidding can be done remotely, and Guernsey’s will have catalogues of The Collection and the Auction available for reserve. The remainder of the collection not sold at auction will be sold online about six months after the event.

The collection includes such wonders as Kodak’s earliest efforts and the Deardorff used by Playboy for 30 years. Vintage prints include ones signed by Bourke-White, the unforgettable WWII shot of kissing in Times Square, Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Winston Churchill.

If You Have the Money..

Sothebys’ Photographs auction in New York takes place next Thursday. For those in New York who don’t make enough to bid on Avedon and Kertesz, you can still get a glimpse of some of their masterpieces before they disappear forever into Hamptons mansions, at the Sotheby’s Photographs Exhibition which will run daily for one week prior to the event (beginning yesterday,Thursday, April 19), from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those with a few hundred thousand to blow on an Arbus print, still have five days to book their ticket.
— Lori Fredrickson