1888 N173 Glass Slide Negatives

[kkkkandp]

I'm not sure there will be "...plenty of opportunities..." Over half of the negatives went to collectors who will likely be holding what they've got. And the flip price certainly won't be as attractive.

[oldjudge]

Scott--The only one I know who has any for sale (and this is old info) is TIK Sr. The last time I checked he was asking about $8000 each.
In one respect I am sorry they came to auction. This group belonged in the Hall of Fame or the Smithsonian.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Scott--The only one I know who has any for sale (and this is old info) is TIK Sr. The last time I checked he was asking about $8000 each.
In one respect I am sorry they came to auction. This group belonged in the Hall of Fame or the Smithsonian.

Jay - I was looking ahead at where some of these may end up.

I think this sort of item is as safe with collectors like yourself, as anywhere - you can always will some of your items to the HOF or Smithsonian, whereas many of our collectibles will be dumped for cash by our non-collecting heirs. I have a few items that will be heading to local town museums and libraries.

[prewarsports]

Museums almost never treat items with the care of individual collectors that paid their own hard earned money for the items (my opinion). They are better with you Jay!

Glad to hear they are real and I wish I could have viewed them in person for educational purposes before they sold!

Rhys

[Joe_G.]

Anxious to post my findings, just need to pull a few more details together and obtain permission to post everything I'd like to post.

I can share that of the 46 Saco River negatives, 38 of them reside with four collectors who are not likely to flip easily. I cannot speak for the other 8 negatives which I believe were split between another 3-4 collectors.

Congrats to those who were able to win a copy (Jay, Kevin, & others) and stay tuned for a summary of my findings (likely over the next week, some pretty neat stuff).