Eggleston Sued by Collector for Offering New Prints, Devaluing Limited Editions

From PDN Pulse: A major collector of William Eggleston's work filed suit against the photographer yesterday in a U.S. District Court, accusing him of devaluing his vintage dye transfer prints by selling new, large-scale pigment prints of many of his iconic works. The suit by Jonathan Sobel, a collector of 192 of Eggleston's works, was prompted by a March 12, 2012, auction of Eggleston's new pigment prints at Christie's, which brought in more than $5.9 million. [Read more...]

Post Script: An interview with the claimant has been published by PDN: Q&A: Art Collector Jonathan Sobel Explains His Beef with William Eggleston