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Selling Vintage
Photographs on eBay
Photographs as popular and immensely valuable collectibles cover a
multitude of creative types (vintage portraits in golden lockets, real
photographic postcards, stereoviews); processing methods from the very
early days to recent times; subjects and photographers, and more
besides. Like many major collecting interests it is almost impossible
for any person to buy or sell everything of interest to photograph
collectors and virtually every seller must hone in on a profitable area
to focus their attentions.
So, just because this article focuses on vintage photographs up to the
beginning of the 20th century, does not suggest this is the most
profitable area for eBay sellers. Overall this area probably is the most
profitable and certainly the easiest to specialise in, but occasionally
one finds a modern photograph fetching hundreds of pounds, even more on
eBay.
So, while we suggest ways for you to specialise in vintage photographs
we also recommend you keep an eye open for other opportunities
alongside, especially at local auction where you’ll often find recent
photographs selling for a few pennies each which have good potential on
eBay.
Look at these recent values for photographs from the middle part of the
20th Century.
* A photograph of Marilyn Monroe by Lawrence Schiller taken in 1962 sold
at Christie’s a few years back for $800.
* A signed photograph of Scientology founder L. Rob Hubbard from the
1950s fetched $6,750.00
* A signed photograph of Myrna Loy from the mid-1900s fetched $1631.00
on eBay
* A photograph of Albert Einstein from 1947 by photographer Phillipe
Halsman fetched $1425.00 on eBay
Note that autographed photographs and others by well known and
collectable photographers typically increase value over photos per se.
Photographers of note from vintage and modern times whose work commands
a premium over less well known photographers include: Vintage: Frances
Firth, Roger Fenton, Gustave Le Gray.
A NOTE ABOUT MODERN DAY PHOTOGRAPHERS
You’ll sometimes find recent photographs fetching several thousand
pounds and valued for their creator rather than photograph type or
subject. Modern art photography is usually listed under Art >
Photographic Images in both the UK and USA, and features award winning
photographers like Ansel Adams, Brett Weston and Berenice Abbott.
These recent prices should whet your appetite to learn more about modern
photography once you’ve got to grips with selling much older photos on
eBay.
* April 2007 - a photograph of freshly fallen snow in America’s Yosemite
Valley taken by Ansel Adams in 1947 fetched $7,600.00 on eBay USA
* April 2007 – a photograph of the Mendenhall II Glacier in 1973, signed
by the photographer, Brett Weston in 1973, fetched $5,400.00
