goamules
20-Dec-2016, 11:18
I just heard Matt Isenberg has passed. He was the preeminent collector of early American photographic equipment and Daguerreotypes. I learned a lot about a few of my items, from his writings. I once got a look at his collection, via emailed photographs. It was a fantastic group of Daguerreotype cameras all with their original Radial Drive petzval lenses. But he also had the small things that get lost and forgotten, such as packaged dag plates, and wetplate equipment. He sold his collection a few years ago for $15Million, if that tells you anything.
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/obituary-matt-isenburg-photographic-collector-and-historian
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/isenburg-collection-of-early-photography-sells-for-15-million
http://gregfrenchearlyphotography.com/wi/3.jpg
http://www.gregfrenchearlyphotography.com/wi/ shows some of his collection.
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/obituary-matt-isenburg-photographic-collector-and-historian
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/isenburg-collection-of-early-photography-sells-for-15-million
http://gregfrenchearlyphotography.com/wi/3.jpg
http://www.gregfrenchearlyphotography.com/wi/ shows some of his collection.