Ex Jack Bruce items

[MikeW]

I see some bloody dealer is flogging off Jack Bruce items on eBay. Why didn't he leave the stuff alone in the first place if didn't want it other than to make a quick buck?

No respect, no honour.




Mike

[FinnN]

Deeply upsetting to see a collection that belonged in an archive or a museum being torn up like that. I see also other e-bay lots by the same seller that came from the same auction last year sometime. Very sad indeed.

[alex_revell]

I can't find the Bruce items on Ebay. Directions please!

[FinnN]

Here's one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...2261320556&rd=1

Edited in light of some calmer reflection!

Have fun
Finn

[PeterL]

Jack Bruce has a body of work that will stand as his memorial for decades to come. It's sad that his collection should be dispersed, but Jack himself is the real loss.

The two items listed look like copies of original documents and are not particularly exciting. Hopefully the main collection is in the hands of someone who realizes its value as a resource is far greater than its worth in monetary terms.

[MikeW]

The Jack Bruce/Stuart Leslie photograph archive will be going to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, later this year I believe.

[FinnN]

That's great news, I think it's the best place for something that I'm sure will be a unique resource for many years to come.

You are of course right Peter, an archive only has the value of those that use it - and surely he was one of the great researchers and authors in the field.

It is a shame when collections are broken up, but at least it seems its more the collectables stuff which is going rather than the more significant photo archive. I guess its just a fact of life.

Have fun
Finn

[wulffo]

I have spoken to the dealer and told him I would like to purchase the whole wwi collection to keep it together and all that. I hope I get an afordable reply. If that were to be the case I will make the materials available to researchers. and keep the collection intact.

[joegertler]

Good Luck Wulffo;
I tried that right after the auction when he started to offer the stuff piece by piece. A pleasant enough fellow, who took a chance on what he might find by bidding on most of the material blind (without time to preview examine it). He wound up winning a lot more auction lots than he expected, and felt pressure to replenish some of his funds. But he ony offered to sell me items by the piece and at retail value. That is his right and I have no problem with that. (His offers ARE pretty much fair value).
If anyone is upset by that they should blame whoever decided to break his reference collection up into a hundred or more lots and submit it to auction. I would expect that British museums WERE contacted, first...Museums and archives usually have enough advance notice of these auctions that they CAN come up with the funds needed to save them and keep them intact, "IF" that is a priority to them. I don't have any way of knowing if Mr. Bruce had left instructions of "After I'm gone, just ship it all to an auction." Very possible, as MOST of the material offered seemed to have been copies or already published in Jack's massive body of work. I'm sure there are others who will see it differently. I've saved a LOT of major archives-intact- and gotten them into museums and archives for future public access. (Wright, Curtiss, Wright-Martin, Glenn Martin, and Waco Company archives) It more a problem of hard work, perseverence, and timing, than money...

["Junior"]

Yeah good luck Wulffo!

Might be a pretty penny you have to part with for such a collection but all the best.

Junior.

PS - I'm still waiting to hear from that chap at my work for you re salvage stuff