Resources for Photography Collectors

ARTPRICE is an international database you can search for auction prices. Use the search bar below to see if records are available for a particular photographer or artist. (The search is free but there’s a charge if you decide to purchase the price report.)

Dealers and galleries specializing in Fine Art photography can be found across the United States and in many other countries. A good dealer can offer valuable guidance to new and advanced collectors, and locate hard-to-find images. At a time when higher prices have brought a number of fakes and forgeries into the marketplace, it helps to have an experienced and discerning eye on your side.

All of the following dealers are specialists in photography. Some have galleries, some sell primarily through catalogues, and all offer material online. They have something else in common: we have dealt with each and every one of these dealers and know of their fine reputations among experienced collectors.

Be-Hold Larry Gottheim’s auction catalogues, available in print or online, are a superb source for learning about (and buying) 19th and 20th century images, many of historical importance. For beginners to advanced collectors.

Vintage Works, Ltd. Alex Novak seeks out great 19th century and 20th century images — many from fine European collections — and presents an enormous inventory online at www.iphotocentral.com .

Greg French A well-known collector-dealer, specializing in American daguerreotypes and offering new images each week on eBay. This link will connect you to Greg’s current auctions.

Perfect Likeness Dazzling daguerreotypes, primarily American portraits that capture the elusive qualities of personality and character. Stunning presentation, detailed descriptions. Ambrotypes and tintypes, too.

Charles Schwartz, Ltd. Offering an outstanding selection of 19th & 20th century images with important works by W. Eugene Smith, Berenice Abbott, Ralph Steiner, and significant offerings of Japanese photography

Stereographica.com Bryan and Page Ginns have been buying and selling photographica since 1985. They offer online auctions of stereo views, magic lanterns, cameras, optical toys and early images.

Lee Gallery View exhibits from this Boston gallery online or search the inventory by photographer. Notable for Photo-Secession, 19th century, and 20th century masters such as Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange.

Halsted Gallery Veteran dealers who assist individual collectors and institutions. Important offerings include Curtis, Kertesz, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Michael Kenna, Immogen Cunningham.

Dennis A. Waters “Fine Daguerreotypes” are the main attraction, though daughter Erin also offers later images. Frequently updated with fresh finds, beautifully depicted & thoughtfully described. Excellent info on early images.

Capitol Gallery Daguerreotypes and fine cases, occasional Civil War images and other 19th century photographs are the highlights here. Periodic online auctions with printed catalogues, plus a gallery of priced images for sale now.

Thomas Harris New York-based dealer with an eye for American Civil War photographs, eccentric 20th century snapshots, cartes de visite and a variety of other appealing images.

Steven Evans A photographer himself, this Toronto-based dealer offers “affordable, high-quality works” with a specialty in cased images. Photographs on paper range from early salt prints to cyanotypes.