dealers & resources
Here are some of the best (to my mind) dealers and auction houses that have fed this collection.
Auction Houses:
Of course there are the big, blue chip houses (Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips), but mostly there offerings are beyond my price range. That being said, I have--infrequently--bought material from them. But other houses offer more moderately priced (and frequently more idiosyncratic) offerings. Some of these other, smaller house, include:
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Swann Auction Galleries (under the wonderful eye of the amazing Daile Kaplan). This is a leading house which is at the vanguard of offering vernacular material in addition to established artists.
Then there are smaller, independent auction sites who have extremely interesting materials:
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Be-Hold (Larry Gottheim)
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Skylight Gallery (Christopher Wahren)
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Capital Gallery (Kevin Kunz)
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Jefferson Stereoptics (John Saddy)
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Stereographica (Bryan and Page Ginns)
and some regional, but significant auction houses in Europe:
Finally, don't ignore charity or benefit auctions. One of my favorites is:
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Stephen Perloff's The Photo Review
Dealers:
A good dealer is like a second set of eyes or a fabulous curator. S/he may learn what turns you on visually and find you material that otherwise you would never encounter. Dealers do the hard work (with their pickers) of finding material, and that's half, if not more of the battle.
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Stacy Waldman's House of Mirth Photos and on Ebay
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Steve Bannos
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Jim Radke's Retrotreasures Vintage on Ebay
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Jerome Simon's photobigbang.com
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Dennis, Erin & Casey Waters's Fine Daguerreotypes and Photography and Erin on Ebay
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David Winter
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Joel Rotenberg
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Matt & Elaine Cranford's macrafly and on Ebay