>Those pictures are worth way more than $40 million and their
>cultural importance is beyond price.
>
>Actually, I don't know whether to be tickled or ticked off
>that you would come up in this post and urge them NOT to do
>it. You imply that Ahmir wouldn't have the good sense to
>understand the value of an archive....that is particularly
>troublesome, since Ahmir has clearly articulated the
>importance of Soul Train. Should they be in a museum? Yes.
>They should.


They are selling for monetary value period
The cultural significance is immeasurable
Fact is this does not translate to monetary value esp with regards to images today
Unless handled in a particular commercial manner

You want Ahmir to purchase this for....his private collection?
Because you feel this will give you access...because you feel like you currently have access to ahmirs current cultural collection ...
Right
Ahmir purchase things of cultural value for his personal collection
Period

You said getty will be too costly
I in fact am telling you stock images are the cheapest they have ever been and told you they are now accessible with stipulation online
Because people want images free


You are putting ahmir in a horrid position with your ignorance
Stop

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