Perhaps to make pages load quicker on slow connections, have the option available to no show pictures? I know it won't change much at your end and haven't much of an idea how to actually do it...
Another option might be to simply have a link to the picture contained somewhere in the item description?
Don't mind me, I'm just chucking out ideas as they come to me. 
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