Looking for input from Photo Collectors

[Robbie]

Hi everyone. With 20 years of collecting and evaluating news photos, I would like to ask you the following;

Beyond your personal collecting preferences (for example; your preferred subject… Lou Gehrig or 1927 Yankees or Marilyn Monroe), what are the specific factors you consider when determining the value of a news photo? Specifically, what do you look at to value a photo, and how would you rank those factors in importance? This may take some thought, but might be interesting.

How important is the quality of the image (clarity, contrast,etc)?
How important is actual condition of the photo?
How important are the stampings or a caption being attached?
How important is knowing who the photographer was?
Etc….etc…..etc

You get the idea.

Oh, I want to get as many collectors opinions as possible, so you may see this same question posted by me on another forum.

Robert >>