Expert opinion by Stuart Bennett Stuart Bennett wrote about Peter Ruting in his book "How to Buy Photographs": "Anyone offering advice on collecting modern or living photographers may as well confess at once to subjectivity. My own taste is for fashion photography and still lifes, and while my favorite photograph in this chapter is Hoyningen-Huene's "Divers", I think the most beautiful one is maybe Peter Ruting's "Eight Bottles". But if I had to say what I think is the most "important" photograph shown in the chapter I would probably suggest William Eggleston's "Picture of Elvis with Kennedy Book", and for the most elegant photographic craftsmanship I would not hesitate in choosing Robert Mapplethorpe's "Ken Moody-1983". Source: chapter 4, Modern Photography. Eight Bottles still available This most famous picture of Peter Ruting is for sale. Only 3 of the edition of 55 are still available at: Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zürich Stockerstrasse 33, Zürich tel: +41 (1)-202-6925 Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago 300 W. Superior, Chicago IL.. tel: +1 (312) 266-2350 Studio Ruting, Amsterdam PO Box 121, 1000 AC Amsterdam tel: +31 (20) 465-6378 Going price US$ 6,000.- (excluding local taxes) About Stuart Bennett Stuart Bennett is author of the Phaidon / Christie's guide "How to Buy Photographs", published in 1978 (ISBN 0-7148-8036-1). He developed specialized sales of photographs at Sotheby's New York in 1974, and was afterwards head of the photographic department and an auctioneer at Christie's in London. In 1980 he established his own antiquarian book business and is now based in Bath. In addition to "How to Buy Photographs", Stuart Bennett has published articles on photography in a number of journals on both sides of the Atlantic, and is presently associate editor of the Antiquarian Book Monthly Review.