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Auction 48, Photography as History and Art.
11:00 AM PT - Dec 7th, 2006

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78 Rockland Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10705
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240 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
51 Lot 51

Fine CDV's Gladstone, Disraeli, advertising back
These prominent Victorian political figures are frequently f...

90
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150
52 Lot 52

Heinrich Schliemann, archaeologist CDV
Most known for his excavation of the site of Homer's Troy. N...

60
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120
2 Bids
53 Lot 53

George Sand, Alphonse Lamartine, C.A. Saint-Beuve,
a) George Sand. A fine example of this famous portrait by Na...

180
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250
2 Bids
54 Lot 54

6 CDV's Anglo Saxon literary Tennyson, Browning
a) Alfred Lord Tennyson. Profile portrait said to be by Lewi...

220
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320
2 Bids
55 Lot 55

Novelist Thomas Bailey Aldrich, endorsed to Taylor
Author of "The Story of a Bad Boy" and other works, Aldrich ...

220
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350
2 Bids
56 Lot 56

Howard Paine, plus manuscript of "Home Sweet Home."
Vignette portrait by Anthony, copyright 1861, of the author ...

90
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150
57 Lot 57

American humorists Ward (Brady), F. G. Halleck
a) Artemis Ward, by Brady, published by Anthony. Back is di...

120
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200
2 Bids
58 Lot 58

"The American Humorists" rare CDV with Mark Twain
Rare CDV by H. G. Smith, Boston, published by G. M. Baker, B...

300
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500
6 Bids
59 Lot 59

Violinist Ole Bull with open violin case. CDV
This Swedish violinist much have been a popular sensation, a...

60
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120
2 Bids
60 Lot 60

Young baseball player in uniform with bat CDV
He wears the uniform of a professional player. This doesn't ...

220
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600
1 Bid
61 Lot 61

Surveryor from Maine with his transit CDV
SURVEYER FROM MAINE WITH HIS TRANSIT. Rich CDV by W. C. Tutt...

80
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180
9 Bids
62 Lot 62

Two CDV's of hunters with guns, game
One shows a hunter with an extremely long gun, with fowl str...

60
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200
3 Bids
63 Lot 63

Virginia City Nevada overview Lawrence & Houseworth
From their Album Views of Nevada, this is No. 706, "General ...

110
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250
4 Bids
64 Lot 64

The Gould and Curry works, Nevada mining CDV
No. 723 from Lawrence & Houseworth's Album Views of Nevada, ...

220
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500
15 Bids
65 Lot 65

The Tunnel-Gould and Curry mine, Nevada, CDV
No. 722 from Lawrence & Houseworth's Album Views of Nevada, ...

220
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500
8 Bids
66 Lot 66

Nevada quartz mill interior, Lawrence & Houseworth
No. 702 from their Album Views of Nevada, "Interior of Bucke...

220
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500
4 Bids
67 Lot 67

New Almaden Quicksilver works Lawrence & Houseworth
No. 91 from their Views of California Scenery. The strip lab...

220
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500
14 Bids
68 Lot 68

Chinese miners-Columbia, Tuolumne county Cal. CDV
No. 987 from Lawrence & Houseworth's Album Views of Californ...

300
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600
2 Bids
69 Lot 69

Placer miner and rocker, Lawrence & Houseworth CDV
No. 986 from "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, a...

220
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500
12 Bids
70 Lot 70

Placer mining CDV by Lawrence & Houseworth
No. 976 from "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, a...

220
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500
2 Bids
71 Lot 71

2 hydraulic mining CDVs by Lawrence & Houseworth
Two views from "Album & Stereoscopic Views of California Sce...

220
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500
5 Bids
72 Lot 72

Hydraulic mining Timbuctoo Lawrence & Houseworth
From "Album and Stereoscopic Views of California Scenery," N...

220
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500
73 Lot 73

Flume near Smartsville Cal. hydraulic mining CDV
From Lawrence & Houseworth's Album Views of California, No. ...

220
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500
5 Bids
74 Lot 74

Lovely Lake Tahoe view, Lawrence & Houseworth CDV
From "Album Views of California." Strip label on verso. No. ...

220
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500
4 Bids
75 Lot 75

Calif. Suspension & RR bridge, Lawrence Houseworth
From "Album Views of California." Strip label on verso. No. ...

220
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500
3 Bids
76 Lot 76

2 CDV's Yosemite & Caleveras Lawrence & Houseworth
a) From "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, and Ma...

110
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220
19 Bids
77 Lot 77

4 San Francisco coastal views Lawrence & Houseworth
From "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, and Magic...

180
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260
5 Bids
78 Lot 78

Rich CDV Market St. S.F. Lawrence & Houseworth
From "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, and Magic...

220
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500
7 Bids
79 Lot 79

Overview San Francisco, Lawrence & Houseworth
From "California Views…. " No. 356, "From corner California ...

150
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250
3 Bids
80 Lot 80

Rich CDV Portsmouth Square, Lawrence & Houseworth
From "California Views… " with strip label on verso. No. 203...

150
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250
15 Bids
81 Lot 81

2 San Francisco CDV views, Lawrence & Houseworth
Strip labels on verso. a) 138, "Post Office and Custom House...

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82 Lot 82

2 San Francisco street views, Lawrence & Houseworth
Strip labels on verso: 140, "Occidental Hotel, Montgomery St...

240
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350
13 Bids
83 Lot 83

2 San Francisco buildings, Lawrence & Houseworth
Strip labels on verso. 209. "Merchant's Exchange building, S...

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200
84 Lot 84

Cathedral & Mission, 2 CDV's Lawrence & Houseworth
Strip labels on verso. 79. "The Catholic Cathedral at Santa ...

120
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200
5 Bids
85 Lot 85

Broadway wharf, S.F. Lawrence & Houseworth CDV
Strip label on verso. No. 301 of their "Album Views of Calif...

220
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400
14 Bids
86 Lot 86

"Oakland Ferry-Steamer Washoe" Lawrence Houseworth
Strip label on verso. No. 303 of "California Views… " A rar...

220
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400
1 Bid
87 Lot 87

Lake George Steamer, lovely CDV by Stoddard
Lovely CDV shows the Minnehaha. Imprinted title beneath is "...

220
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300
2 Bids
88 Lot 88

2 CDV's , graphic renderings, Prize-winning sheep
2 CDV's of artistic renderings. 4 sheep from a Bucks County ...

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140
6 Bids
89 Lot 89

CDV Boy and his rabbits, Wisconsin
He's identified in pen on verso. CDV by Carlisle, Stevens Po...

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300
4 Bids
90 Lot 90

Grasshopper, kitty in cup, Jacoby Advertising CDV
This is an advertising carte from H. J. Jacoby's Art Gallery...

180
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400
2 Bids
91 Lot 91

Disderi's dog Corral, CDV
A variant portrait of this spaniel is illustrated in Merritt...

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92 Lot 92

Photographer's Nickerson's cats P'town Cape Cod
Rich CDV with ornate back by the Cape Cod photographer G. H....

100
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200
93 Lot 93

S. African dwarf and tiny dog, Cabinet
He's identified on verso, from Freiburg, Bechuanaland. He's ...

200
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94 Lot 94

2 Cabinets, Husband, wife, spirits that haunt
CABINET CARDS with no backmark. The woman has a vision of tw...

240
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340
2 Bids
95 Lot 95

Advertising card for N. Jersey Photographer
CABINET CARD by Doremus shows arrangement of examples of pho...

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150
7 Bids
96 Lot 96

Thomas Edison by Pach, autograph
5 3/8" x 4" matte silver print, ca. 1910, by Pach Brothers, ...

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97 Lot 97

Five fine glass stereoviews of Paris
Bright crisp views. Titles written in white pen on the top t...

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98 Lot 98

Three fine European glass stereoviews
Different styles of mount. Two have gilded borders around th...

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99 Lot 99

12 glassviews Bullfight Nimes, original box, viewer
Terrific group of small-format glass views on Lumiere plates...

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100 Lot 100

Maine stereoview by Dupee, group, cabin
Group of men, women, children and dog posed in front of a sm...

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2 Bids
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