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As a result prices shot up and "people began to wheel and deal in Hine pictures," he said.

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

As a result prices shot up and "people began to wheel and deal in Hine pictures," he said.

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

What's more, all bore the stamp "Photograph by Lewis W. Hine from the Walter & Naomi Rosenblum Collection."

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

But knowing now that his own Rosenblum-stamped prints were neither vintage nor lifetime, Mattis wanted to find out what the two most reputable names in Hine scholarship had to say for themselves.

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

What's more, all bore the stamp "Photograph by Lewis W. Hine from the Walter & Naomi Rosenblum Collection."

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

Mattis also informed Robert Klein, the president of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, which alerted its membership to beware of certain Hine photographs and not to speak to the press about the matter.

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

But knowing now that his own Rosenblum-stamped prints were neither vintage nor lifetime, Mattis wanted to find out what the two most reputable names in Hine scholarship had to say for themselves.

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

Mattis also informed Robert Klein, the president of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, which alerted its membership to beware of certain Hine photographs and not to speak to the press about the matter.

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

For, in Hine's poem, all life is art, whether dreamed into stone images or beaten into gold, and if a metal hero can triumph over a Medusa whose death he will accomplish, she can dream herself immortal in the petrified world where she is queen forever.

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They ranged from $5,000 to $15,000 each and were signed "Hine" on the back.

Too Much of a Good Thing 2003