548 Edward Weston photos up for auction in a single lot

[Darin Boville]

A huge lot of Edward Weston photos will be auctioned by Sotheby's next month. Al printed by Cole. I didn't know there was a Cole Weston Foundation but that is the seller--estimated to bring in $23 million.

And look how dark that Pepper No. 30 is in the press release!

http://artdaily.com/news/72404/Sothe...r#.U_2Xo0s_32s

--Darin

[Doug Howk]

Its interesting that, in Ed Weston's will, Cole Weston was given exclusive rights to reprint the negs. Maybe Ed realized that Brett needed to work on his own stuff whereas Cole was of a lesser ability as a photographer (but good printer). Just speculation.

[chris_4622]

A huge lot of Edward Weston photos will be auctioned by Sotheby's next month. Al printed by Cole. I didn't know there was a Cole Weston Foundation but that is the seller--estimated to bring in $23 million.

And look how dark that Pepper No. 30 is in the press release!

http://artdaily.com/news/72404/Sothe...r#.U_2Xo0s_32s

--Darin

$2/3 million.

[invisibleflash]

http://artdaily.com/news/72404/Sothe...r#.U_3cvjbn-L0

Sotheby's New York to offer 548 Edward Weston photographs as a single lot this September

[Mark Sampson]

You have to wonder... how many copies of which images? I can't imagine that Cole printed over 500 different negatives.

[Merg Ross]

[QUOTE=Doug Howk;1165949]Its interesting that, in Ed Weston's will, Cole Weston was given exclusive rights to reprint the negs. Maybe Ed realized that Brett needed to work on his own stuff........./QUOTE]

That is true. Also, Brett was opposed to the printing of EW negatives by anyone. He made that very clear after his experience of printing for the 50th Anniversary Portfolio and Print Project. Cole was EW's only choice for the task.

[Paul Cunningham]

$2/3 million.

Now you have me wondering: 2-3 million or two-thirds million. Proper punctuation saves, lives.

[Mark Sampson]

well, about 15 years ago Gallery 292 in NYC was selling Westons printed by Cole for $1200. Should have bought one...

[Tin Can]

The whole thing is odd. Odd a father saddles his son, Cole with a lifetime of copywork.

Odd to sell them all at once.

I bet the auction estimate is way undervalued, by at least a factor of 5. Odd.

Crazy odd art money these days.

[djdister]

Now you have me wondering: 2-3 million or two-thirds million. Proper punctuation saves, lives.

I interpret that as 2 to 3 million, but certainly not 23 million. But hey, a million here, a million there, and pretty soon you're talking real money...