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10:00 AM PT - Dec 7th, 2006

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Auction 48, Photography as History and Art.

240 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
51
Lot 51
Fine CDV's Gladstone, Disraeli, advertising back


These prominent Victorian political figures are frequently found...

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. Not a...

60
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120
53
Lot 53
George Sand, Alphonse Lamartine, C.A. Saint-Beuve,


a) George Sand. A fine example of this famous portrait by Nadar...

180
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250
54
Lot 54
6 CDV's Anglo Saxon literary Tennyson, Browning


a) Alfred Lord Tennyson. Profile portrait said to be by Lewis...

220
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320
55
Lot 55
Novelist Thomas Bailey Aldrich, endorsed to Taylor


Author of "The Story of a Bad Boy" and other works, Aldrich is...

220
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350
56
Lot 56
Howard Paine, plus manuscript of "Home Sweet Home."


Vignette portrait by Anthony, copyright 1861, of the author of...

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...

120
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200
58
Lot 58
"The American Humorists" rare CDV with Mark Twain


Rare CDV by H. G. Smith, Boston, published by G. M. Baker, Boston...

300
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500
59
Lot 59
Violinist Ole Bull with open violin case. CDV


This Swedish violinist much have been a popular sensation, as he...

60
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120
60
Lot 60
Young baseball player in uniform with bat CDV


He wears the uniform of a professional player. This doesn't appear...

220
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600
61
Lot 61
Surveryor from Maine with his transit CDV


SURVEYER FROM MAINE WITH HIS TRANSIT. Rich CDV by W. C. Tuttle...

80
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180
62
Lot 62
Two CDV's of hunters with guns, game


One shows a hunter with an extremely long gun, with fowl strung on...

60
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200
63
Lot 63
Virginia City Nevada overview Lawrence & Houseworth


From their Album Views of Nevada, this is No. 706, "General view...

110
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250
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
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
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Lot 66
Nevada quartz mill interior, Lawrence & Houseworth


No. 702 from their Album Views of Nevada, "Interior of Buckeye...

220
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500
67
Lot 67
New Almaden Quicksilver works Lawrence & Houseworth


No. 91 from their Views of California Scenery. The strip label on...

220
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500
68
Lot 68
Chinese miners-Columbia, Tuolumne county Cal. CDV


No. 987 from Lawrence & Houseworth's Album Views of California...

300
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600
69
Lot 69
Placer miner and rocker, Lawrence & Houseworth CDV


No. 986 from "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, and...

220
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500
70
Lot 70
Placer mining CDV by Lawrence & Houseworth


No. 976 from "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, and...

220
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500
71
Lot 71
2 hydraulic mining CDVs by Lawrence & Houseworth


Two views from "Album & Stereoscopic Views of California...

220
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500
72
Lot 72
Hydraulic mining Timbuctoo Lawrence & Houseworth


From "Album and Stereoscopic Views of California Scenery," No...

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
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
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
76
Lot 76
2 CDV's Yosemite & Caleveras Lawrence & Houseworth


a) From "California Views for the Stereoscope, Album, and Magic...

110
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220
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
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
79
Lot 79
Overview San Francisco, Lawrence & Houseworth


From "California Views…. " No. 356, "From corner California and...

150
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250
80
Lot 80
Rich CDV Portsmouth Square, Lawrence & Houseworth


From "California Views… " with strip label on verso. No...

150
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250
81
Lot 81
2 San Francisco CDV views, Lawrence & Houseworth


Strip labels on verso. a) 138, "Post Office and Custom House...

150
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250
82
Lot 82
2 San Francisco street views, Lawrence & Houseworth


Strip labels on verso: 140, "Occidental Hotel, Montgomery Street...

240
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350
83
Lot 83
2 San Francisco buildings, Lawrence & Houseworth


Strip labels on verso. 209. "Merchant's Exchange building, South...

90
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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
85
Lot 85
Broadway wharf, S.F. Lawrence & Houseworth CDV


Strip label on verso. No. 301 of their "Album Views of California...

220
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400
86
Lot 86
"Oakland Ferry-Steamer Washoe" Lawrence Houseworth


Strip label on verso. No. 303 of "California Views… " A rare image...

220
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400
87
Lot 87
Lake George Steamer, lovely CDV by Stoddard


Lovely CDV shows the Minnehaha. Imprinted title beneath is "A...

220
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300
88
Lot 88
2 CDV's , graphic renderings, Prize-winning sheep


2 CDV's of artistic renderings. 4 sheep from a Bucks County farm...

95
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140
89
Lot 89
CDV Boy and his rabbits, Wisconsin


He's identified in pen on verso. CDV by Carlisle, Stevens Point...

220
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300
90
Lot 90
Grasshopper, kitty in cup, Jacoby Advertising CDV


This is an advertising carte from H. J. Jacoby's Art Gallery, St...

180
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400
91
Lot 91
Disderi's dog Corral, CDV


A variant portrait of this spaniel is illustrated in Merritt...

200
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300
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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300
94
Lot 94
2 Cabinets, Husband, wife, spirits that haunt


CABINET CARDS with no backmark. The woman has a vision of two...

240
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340
95
Lot 95
Advertising card for N. Jersey Photographer


CABINET CARD by Doremus shows arrangement of examples of...

50
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150
96
Lot 96
Thomas Edison by Pach, autograph


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

350
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500
97
Lot 97
Five fine glass stereoviews of Paris


Bright crisp views. Titles written in white pen on the top tape...

200
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400
98
Lot 98
Three fine European glass stereoviews


Different styles of mount. Two have gilded borders around the...

90
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200
99
Lot 99
12 glassviews Bullfight Nimes, original box, viewer


Terrific group of small-format glass views on Lumiere plates. The...

350
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500
100
Lot 100
Maine stereoview by Dupee, group, cabin


Group of men, women, children and dog posed in front of a small...

30
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