I was just thinking that there is nothing of interest in the book world today when I came across this in an e-newsletter called Ibookcollector…..I wish I had been at this event.
The selling show “Tribal Portraits Vintage and Contemporary Photographs from the African Continent” at Bernard J Shapero Books in Mayfair is proving to be a very successful show. Over 270 people attended the preview on Tuesday 2 December. Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher – experts in the field of contemporary African photography – gave a fascinating slide show and an interesting talk.
However, we have heard that unfortunately during the evening a man was heard to shout disgusting, disgusting, on seeing pictures of bare breasts. A pretty girl [editor: Why is it always a "pretty girl"] then hauled up her pullover to show her bare breasts and shouted “Look what I’ve got” (this on the first floor) then ran down the stairs and half way down she pulled her trousers and knickers down to her ankles still shouting “Look what I’ve got!” The commissionaire was a real trouper and without a smile endeavoured to evict her from the building with her knickers round her ankles, but she ran back in! Eventually he succeeded in ushering her out of the premises.
Anyway, we hear that the evening was very successful with a brisk sale of photographs and artefacts.