It has been reported that the deadline placed by the UK government on a temporary export ban on the ‘Signor 1857' - an album containing 35 works by various photographers, belonging to Julia Margaret Cameron, lapsed last night.
A prospective UK buyer was - despite significant efforts - unable to raise the £121,250 needed to secure it , even after the government-extended 3-month export ban. Neither the name of the buyer, nor the destination of the album, have been disclosed. The DCMS would not say if the prospective purchaser was a UK organisation, or an individual.
You can read the full report here and how BPH reported the original sale and export licence deferral here (http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/export-cameron-album-121-250-needed-to-save-it)
The news comes at a time when Sotheby's is about to auction another, and previously unknown, Cameron album (see: http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/auction-newly-discovered-album-complied-by-julia-margaret-cameron)
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