Photographs - Collecting

A few second-hand book stores sell movie stills at low prices. Their stocks are usually quite small, but there is always the chance that you may pick up something you want in one of them. However, if you really want to build up a good collection, you will find no source as good as Irving Klaw.

Most motion picture and television stars mail out 5" x 7" or 8" x 10" stills on request. This is a most costly project for the star, and the considerate collector is willing to bear his share of the cost by sending 25 cents for each picture requested.

Other collectors are a possible source of photographs. Most collectors only want one-of-a-kind, and they are usually happy to exchange duplicates.

Of course, your photographic collection need not be confined to star portraits and stills from the movies; it need not even include them. Family portraits, from grandma's album and your own, can tell a colorful family history. Some collectors go for sports figures; others like baby pictures; others like any pictures, as long as they are old.

If you have some special interest, be it anything from bridges to animals, you can dig out the camera and make your own collection from life. (See Photography.)

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