On 2013-06-14 03:36, Jan Faul wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:53 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >> >> It was an extreme case -- the World Trade Centers came down on top of >> the bank whose vault his negatives were in. >> >> <http://www.jacqueslowe.com/lost_negatives.php> > > The World Trade Centers also came down on the IBM art collection and others. I imagine some of us got print orders after the fall. In full paranoid security guy mode, I would have worried about long-term safety of vaults near volcanoes and major faults, especially near the ocean, but I do not think I would have thought about "big buildings" as a risk factor. Shows what I know. Glad to hear at least some collectors *replace* lost works when it's possible. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
