Re: [cpsig] Re: CPR 5900 Selkirk's west of Taft, BC.
- From: "K V Railway" <kvrailway@xxxxxxx>
- To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:43:04 -0800
Derek, I guess the answer to your question is like so many other questions -
it's subjective. However, from what I've witnessed over the years, some of
the answers are:
1. there is a dispute over ownership of the photos - copyrights or family
quarrels.
2. there is a question about the content of the image - somebody doing
something they shouldn't - embarrassing or illegal.
3. there is a question as to how the possessor obtained the photo in the
first place - i.e. something lifted from company files without due
authorization.
4. there are collectors who like art collectors and every other kind of
collector, revel in having a unique something that nobody else has.
I'm sure there are many other reasons too.
Joe Smuin
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From: Derek Boles
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 7:23 AM
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cpsig] Re: CPR 5900 Selkirk's west of Taft, BC.
1b. Re: [casing] Re: CPR 5900 Selkirk's west of Taft, BC.
Posted by: "K V Railway" kvrailway@xxxxxxx kvrailway
Date: Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:07 am ((PST))
Old-timers are sometimes quite aware of the historical value of their
material. They have their good reasons for not sharing this material,
frustrating as that may be to the modelling and rail-fan community.
And what, pray tell, would those good reasons be? I've encountered a number
of rail photographers or copyright owners of rail photographs who think that
they're sitting on top of some gold mine. Maybe they read the news stories
of some of these Ansel Adams or Winston Link photographs that are fetching a
fortune these days. Or they hear of some idiot on eBay with more money than
brains who pays $700 for a slide.
The vast majority of rail photographs are only of interest to railfans and
historians and I think these old-timers are dreaming if they think that some
billionaire collector is going to come along and make them rich. They've got
a better chance of that by buying lottery tickets.
Obviously these photographs are of interest to rail authors who can then
share them with the rest of the world in a publication. I haven't heard of
any millionaire rail authors since Lucius Beebe died half a century ago.
Most rail authors I know end up spending their own money to get their stuff
in print when you take into consideration the cost of acquiring decent
prints from public archives.
Derek Boles
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