In the 1950s, Thurman F. (Jack) Naylor began collecting cameras, images, photographic technology, and associated ephemera. Mr. Naylor traversed the world on a quest to acquire an unprecedented selection of artifacts representing the entire history of photography. Over the course of more than 50 years he amassed many thousands of items, a collection that Smithsonian Magazine has described as "indisputably the most comprehensive . . . in the world."”
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October 17 UPDATE: A Catalogue Addendum 2.0 is available for download (.pdf).
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Session I - (1:00 pm) Cameras, Movie Cameras, Civil
War
Friday, October 19, 2007
Session I - (1:00 pm) Images, Stereo Viewers
Session II - (6:00 pm) Edgerton, Bourke-White, Curtis,
Special Interest Items, Moon, Espionage, Pre-Photography
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Session I - (11:00 am) Daguerreotypes
Session II - (6:00 pm) Daguerreotypes cont'd
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Session I - (1:00 pm) Daguerreotypes cont'd, Daguerreian
Period, Daguerreian Jewelry & Stanhopes, Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
From 11:00 am to 8pm
Thursday thru Sunday, October 18-21*
* Previewing continues through auction dates for unsold categories
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