The new collector’s guide to photographs
Specialist Jude Hull outlines three important considerations for new buyers, illustrated with works from Photographs online auction.
1. How do I know when a photograph was printed?
Photographs are not necessarily printed at the time the image is taken. The term vintage generally but not exclusively references works made in the generic style in which the photographer was printing, near the date the image was taken.
When a photograph is printed many years after the date of the image, such as modern prints of celebrated historic images, this is indicated by being catalogued as printed later. Where possible we try to be as specific as possible, for example you may find works catalogued as ‘printed 1960s or c. 1968’ in our sale catalogues.
