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Reports that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired the Gilman Paper Company Collection of photographs, an archive that includes hundreds of works from the medium's earliest years and that is widely considered to be the most important private photography collection in the world. Potential for the Met to become one the world's pre-eminent institutions for 19th century photographs; Reference to the Met's goal of acquiring the Gilman collection for the last 15 years; Question as to how much the collection cost and how much of it was a gift; Negotiations with the Gilman estate; Highlights from the collection.