Talk:William Goldman (photographer)

Thoughts further improvements
When you consider the times, it is a minor miracle this collection survived in any form. I would expect that in almost every instance when a collection of photos like these were found, they were destroyed to prevent a scandal. (I wonder if the chain of ownership could ever be reconstructed.) I would also expect that even if he did not write a will, there was a probate of his estate, which would include an inventory of his possessions, as well as a list of heirs. (Which would also include friends & associates, since he had no children.) -- llywrch (talk) 16:46, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Indeed. It was one step from destruction in fact as it was the dealer who removed them from the albums to sell them individually, because she thought she would get more money that way. Had Johnson not visited that fair on that day, the whole collection would gradually have been dispersed and impossible to reconstruct as there were no markings on the back of most of the photographs, just a few pencil notes on the back of one of them I believe. Once dispersed they would have mostly been indistinguishable from any number of vintage female nudes. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)