Our friend and Bettie collector, John Razan, who also operates bettiemaepage.com is selling his original Arnold Kovacs negatives of Bettie. Here's an image from one of the negatives, a bit of background about Kovacs and the link to the negatives on ebay.

"Arnold Kovacs (born Apr. 01 1912) photographed Bettie Page at some very
famous camera club outings. He was armed with something more than most
of the other camera club photographers; he had skill. Arnold was a
professional photographer by trade. He worked as a photojournalist for
the US Army inside the European Theater during WWII. Much of Arnold
Kovacs' work featuring Bettie Page can be found in Harrison publications
such as Gee Whiz, Rogue, Wink and Titter." -bettiemaepage.com.

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We had a question asking if there was a reserve on the Arnold Kovacs' negatives. I asked John Razan and here's his reply:

"The reserve is $199 which is cheap considering it is from a well known Bettie Page photographer. I have very few Kovacs negatives left (11 for myself) which I do not plan on selling anytime soon so this is like a last chance for someone to appropriate one."

Take heed all you Bettie collectors!

from our friend, John Razan -

The Kovacs negatives are going to end in a couple days so you may want to have a look at them before they've permanently gone bye-bye. If the negatives looks familiar to you, it is possible you may have seen them in publication before! Most Bettie Page items available to the public are photos from unknown sources, modern prints or even modern prints being passed off as vintage (you know who you are!!!!) or from a mysterious so-and-so ("my grandfather") who "knew" Bettie Page. What is being offered in this auction is an ORIGINAL VINTAGE PIECE by Arnold Kovacs, a known photographer who is significant in the Bettie Page World! The auction ends on Jun 26, 201023:00:34 PDT.

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