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Re: Old racing photos

To: wise@erau.edu, triumphs-digest@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Old racing photos
From: ZinkZ10C@aol.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:29:58 EST
In a message dated 3/4/05 1:07:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, wise@erau.edu 
writes:

<< My wife has a patient who was a photographer for Road & Track from 
 1951-1955 >>

The first question would be, does he need a continuing source of income or 
does he just want the pictures to go to a good home?

He may be able to license the pictures for other uses.  With the modern 
Internet,Fed X and priority mail his mobility is no longer a issue.  Perhaps 
there 
is a network of image brokers he could lease the photos to.  If he does post 
them on the web he needs to blur, shrink or label them as his, once a image 
hits the web it is pretty much out of his control.

Are the cars in the photos prized marks or regular racers?  If he can locate 
the current owners of prized marks they might purchase a copy of the images 
(but not the rights to them). 

Some larger automotive friendly auction houses deal with memorabilia.  Hit 
the right event ( a 50's road race car sale) with the $ right $ people and with 
some luck a bidding war might erupt.

If none of this pans out, there is always E bay.

Harold




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