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New E-Photo Newsletter, Issue 189, with News about Auction of Questionable 19th-Century Salt Print Negatives and Positives

Here's the latest Newsletter, which covers this controversion subject: http://www.iphotocentral.com/news/issue_view.php/199/189 .  Too much bad information has been circulating about this auction.  The newsletter has a lot of other important stories as well, which are noted below:

FRENCH POLICE INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE FORGERY OF 19TH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTIONED AT…
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Added by Alex Novak on March 11, 2012 at 18:47 — No Comments

Map Reproductions in Salted Paper by the English Ordnance Survey

I have been researching a Civil War map reproduction technique involving the photographing or direct copying of maps using the salted paper process.  These maps were fairly common in the United States during the Civil War due to the limited availability of lithographic presses as well as the increased…

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Added by Adrienne Lundgren on November 29, 2011 at 3:00 — No Comments

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