How to Buy Photographs

by Stuart Bennett

A guide for collecting photographs includes a summary of the different types of photographs and how they differ from one another, suggestions on forming a collection, and advice about how and where to buy and sell photographs

Genres: Photography

159 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Stuart Bennett is an author and antiquarian bookseller in Charleston, South Carolina. He became a Christie’s auctioneer in London in 1976, started his ongoing rare book business in 1980, and has published widely on both sides of the Atlantic. His first book, How to Buy Photographs was commissioned by Christie's in 1985. Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles followed in 2004 and soon after he turned to fiction, tinkering with his first novel, a time-travel fantasy The Perfect Visit for years before finally publishing it in 2011. Three other novels followed, the latest, The Charleston Gambit, set during the British occupation of South Carolina during the American Revolution. It was reviewed in The Charleston Mercury: "If you are looking for a read that weaves history, culture and life together in the wondrous way of historical fiction, this should be your first choice."