Photo Books: Worth a shot
The market for fine photographic prints has exploded over the past decade, yet the photobook (as it has come to be known) was, until recently, relegated to the sidelines by dealers and collectors alike. But as photography has become more valued and collected, photobooks have slowly come to be recognised as desirable (and collectable) in their own right and the market is burgeoning, according to Laura Noble, director of the Diemar Noble Photography Gallery.
“In the mid-1990s one could have picked up a first edition of Bill Brandt’s A Night in London for £20”, remembers her co-director Michael Diemar. “A copy of the same book sold recently at Christie’s for £4,800.”
