There is a news item on the home page of ET about a Philip Weiss auction in October.
It features the following, at an eye-watering €50,000-€75,000 guide:
Snyder Archive misinformation
The guy who wrote the description is a card-carrying dork, because he declined clarification on the following in the catalogue description -
He is referring, at least in part, to copies of the Fenwick photos, which can be seen on p. 160 of 'Titanic, An Illustrated History,' one of the best-selling Titanic books of all time.
The auctioneer claims that three photos -
Only one photo shows the Californian, taken by George Fenwick. The other two are Fenwick photos of the Birma.
Auctioneer continues -
Then you haven't got or read the book, have you?
When I politely pointed out to Philip Weiss the likeihood that these were first-generation copies of the Fenwick pictures (which we know were taken by the Fenwicks, as they are also attributed by none other than Captain Rostron), the idiot auctioneer responds as follows:
No preliminaries, no thanks for pointing out the identical nature, just blanket denial. From someone who thinks he is looking at three pictures of the Californian.
From someone who doesn't understand that friends on the passage can send each other copies of their pictures.
From someone who is posing as an expert, but whose 'expert' research doesn't extend to knowing about the Fenwick photos.
It's not often I say this, but I'm going to say it now -
What a berk.
Buyer beware!
Vendor, be alarmed!
It features the following, at an eye-watering €50,000-€75,000 guide:
Snyder Archive misinformation
The guy who wrote the description is a card-carrying dork, because he declined clarification on the following in the catalogue description -
quote:
"To me what could be the most significant part of this archive and Historically perhaps some of the most important photos relating to the Titanic to ever come to market...
He is referring, at least in part, to copies of the Fenwick photos, which can be seen on p. 160 of 'Titanic, An Illustrated History,' one of the best-selling Titanic books of all time.
The auctioneer claims that three photos -
quote:
show incredible images of what seems to be the S. S. Californian heading towards the Carpathia. In the three images the ship gets progressively larger until a great close image of the single Stack Four Mast ship is seen with people on deck.
Only one photo shows the Californian, taken by George Fenwick. The other two are Fenwick photos of the Birma.
Auctioneer continues -
quote:
To the best of my research abilities I can find no other records of images of the S.S. Californian on the scene
Then you haven't got or read the book, have you?
When I politely pointed out to Philip Weiss the likeihood that these were first-generation copies of the Fenwick pictures (which we know were taken by the Fenwicks, as they are also attributed by none other than Captain Rostron), the idiot auctioneer responds as follows:
quote:
These are certainly not copies, my research is not poor at all, these are 100% original photos. Phil Weiss.
No preliminaries, no thanks for pointing out the identical nature, just blanket denial. From someone who thinks he is looking at three pictures of the Californian.
From someone who doesn't understand that friends on the passage can send each other copies of their pictures.
From someone who is posing as an expert, but whose 'expert' research doesn't extend to knowing about the Fenwick photos.
It's not often I say this, but I'm going to say it now -
What a berk.
Buyer beware!
Vendor, be alarmed!