8/17/2002: First photograph

Nic Name · 08-17-2002, 12:34 PM

UT, I have that pic too. But I found evidence that this was not the first such photograph. An earlier image, by the same photographer, recently sold for large at one of the major auction houses.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_497301.html

PARIS (March 21, 2002 7:47 p.m. EST) - The earliest recorded image taken by photographic means was auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday for the equivalent of $443,220.

http://www.nandotimes.com/entertainm...-2711946c.html

08-17-2002, 12:34 PM	#2
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	UT, I have that pic too. But I found evidence that this was not the first such photograph. An earlier image, by the same photographer, recently sold for large at one of the major auction houses. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_497301.html PARIS (March 21, 2002 7:47 p.m. EST) - The earliest recorded image taken by photographic means was auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday for the equivalent of $443,220. http://www.nandotimes.com/entertainm...-2711946c.html Last edited by Nic Name; 08-17-2002 at 12:43 PM.

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