As many readers of this book know, late in 1993, after many years of trying to get good, accurate international results of photography auctions, Marty Gordon finally decided that if he wanted that kind of data, he had to accumulate it himself. As a result, Gordon's published its first photography price guide in the Spring of 1995.

The book you are about to use is the seventh annual edition, and the fourth edition issued in hardbound format. It is also the fourth to include advertisements, and we will continue to solicit and accept them.

This 2001 volume includes sales of photographs at auction during the 2000 calendar year.

For each individual entry (record), besides the:

Photographer's name

Title of the photograph or portfolio

Photograph type (medium)

Date of the negative and the actual date of the photograph (if given)

Auction house and location where sold

Date of the auction

Measurement (dimensions) in inches

Lot number

High and low pre-sale estimate if given in the catalogue

Price paid in dollars with the buyer's premium,

which other auction guides may have,

Gordon's also includes the:

Results of sales in three different currencies, including the Euro

Low estimates with premium for photographs that were not sold (buy-in)

Measurements (dimensions) in millimeters

General descriptive information

Annotations on the photograph or mount (signatures, dedications, etc.)

Physical condition of the photograph, if given in the catalogue

Edition size if the photograph is editioned

Notation if the photograph is illustrated in the catalogue

And the book includes:

Listing of the names of the photographers whose prints were auctioned during 2000

"How to Use the Book section with sample entry and abbreviations

Directory of Auction Houses

Sales for the year - Alphabetical

Sales for the year- Chronological

Currency exchange rates

Bibliography General Reference

Bibliography Monographs

Finally, a gentle caveat, in Marty's words from the 1995 book, "Of course we have taken care to make sure the data we have entered is as accurate as possible, but we are unable to guarantee this data and caution you that you should not make any decisions to purchase or sell a photograph solely on our supplied data. Besides the accuracy or inaccuracy of the data supplied to us by the auction house and our transcribing of that data, there are many other variable factors that can occur which determine the price and value of a photograph. I hope that the data we have supplied does help you in your endeavor...and [keeps you]...better informed in this interesting and exciting market."