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Auction 48, Photography as History and Art.

240 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
150
Lot 150
Prince William Lunalilo of Hawaii, CDV


He became King, and was responsible for ceding Pearl Harbor to the...

220
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400
151
Lot 151
Queen Emma, Hawaii. CDV by Chase


As the strip label on verso states, she was Queen Consort to...

220
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400
152
Lot 152
Fiji chief, CDV by M. Dickson, Honolulu


Title in period pen on verso. Is that an ornament to the right in...

220
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400
153
Lot 153
10 Scenes in Hawaii, Imperial mounts by Severin


10 - 6 5/8" x 9" ALBUMEN PRINTS ON IMPERIAL MOUNTS BY SEVERIN...

1,200
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2,000
154
Lot 154
Voyage U.S.S. Thetis, 1887-1889 Alaska & Arctic


In 1884 the Thetis had made a voyage to the Arctic, and reached...

7,500
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10,000
155
Lot 155
Set of views Unalaska Alaska, Parley's Arts


A set of 28 gelatin silver views on EK postcard paper, in the...

400
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500
156
Lot 156
35 postcards, U.S.S. South Dakota, S. America 1918


35 postcards, with annotations. 27 are real photo postcards, most...

300
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400
157
Lot 157
2 Albums rich photos fishing hunting, Idaho, 1880


2 albums with 48 rich glossy sepia prints, 4 ½" x 6 ½" inserted...

300
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500
158
Lot 158
3-print panorama, River scene, British Columbia


3- 5 7/8" x 7 7/8" gel. silver prints matted in a frame, forming a...

300
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400
159
Lot 159
Album of photographs of Iraq, ca. 1928


Startling album from today's perspective, 36 – glossy 6" x 8" gel...

400
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1,000
160
Lot 160
Street Acrobat, Tashkent, 1925 by Zel'ma


4 5/8" x 5 ½" vintage gelatin silver print by Georgii Zel'ma...

1,200
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1,500
161
Lot 161
Woman with the Northern Fleet, by Khaldei


7 ¼" x 9 ¼" gelatin silver print by Yevgeni Khaldei, 1940's...

800
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1,200
162
Lot 162
Chinese Opium smokers, CDV


2 men are seated, two recline, having removed their shoes. There...

160
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400
163
Lot 163
3 Chinese Japanese CDV scenes with hand coloring


By McCormick & Heald, Boston. The first two are...

260
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360
164
Lot 164
Marching band, Guthrie Center, Iowa. Cabinet card.


This is Mitchell's Silver Cornet Band, in formation alongside the...

240
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300
165
Lot 165
Telegraph Linesmen with their gear, cabinet card


Extraordinarily complete depiction of their array of tools and...

260
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360
166
Lot 166
A "Bubble Cuffer" Lumberman, cabinet card


This daring river rat would dance across the logs coming down a...

120
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250
167
Lot 167
Woman hunter poses with white-tail deer in studio


She has an 1886 Winchester rifle. It must have been a lot of...

400
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500
168
Lot 168
"The Return (Well Done)" Circa 1880's. Hunting NYS


Hunters on top and alongside their coach, with their dogs. Boys...

400
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500
169
Lot 169
"6th Fire Brigade Championships-1886. Walton N.Y."


6 ¼" x 8 7/8" albumen print on brown mount, with the title...

100
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200
170
Lot 170
Fire Brigade Wisconsin, with flag, horn, sculpture


American flag behind them, horn on the table at left. A sculpture...

100
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200
171
Lot 171
Excelsior Hose Company, Jamaica N.Y.albumen print


5 ½" x 8 3/8" albumen print on mount. The name of the fire company...

120
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220
172
Lot 172
Clove pumping station, Staten Island, NY, 2 photos


Pair of 7 ¼" x 9 ¼" gel. silver prints. One has pen inscription on...

100
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200
173
Lot 173
Mail carrier with wagon, Norwichtown Connecticut,


A large poster/sign mourns the recently assassinated President...

220
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300
174
Lot 174
Gollmar Brothers Circus, Advertising train Iowa


The circus was located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Mount stamped Onawa...

300
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600
175
Lot 175
Tom and Al St. Pierre, circus collection


a) Al on the slack wire, Tom as a clown. To the right the Georgia...

500
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1,000
176
Lot 176
Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey circus, 1937. Kelty


12" x 20" gelatin silver print by E. J. Kelty, N.Y. Terrific...

850
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1,500
177
Lot 177
"Van Camp, the man with the pig" 4 card-mounted


Four 9 5/8" x 7 ¼" gelatin silver prints on gray mounts, no...

400
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600
178
Lot 178
"Active class... South-side Turnverein, Oshkosh"


They won first prize at Madison Wisconsin in 1892. Large 13 ½" x...

400
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600
179
Lot 179
Boxer Lou Nova for president Utopian Party


According the Wikipedia entry, Nova was noted for his...

220
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320
180
Lot 180
Jack Johnson, pair of photo postcards by Weidner


One with message, postmarked 1910. The fascinating life of this...

220
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400
181
Lot 181
Strong Man Frank Pascal, "Atlas" Cabinet cards etc


2 CABINET CARDS by Schweig & Cohl, St. Louis, an upper body pose...

350
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500
182
Lot 182
Young boxer and his dream


He holds a pose opposite the figure on top of his trophy. Studio...

100
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200
183
Lot 183
Tennis group, Plainfield, N. Jersey, Boudoir


When lawn tennis really was played on the lawn. "Election Day Nov...

75
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150
184
Lot 184
Indoor swimming pool, Monterey. Cal by Johnson


Hotel interior. Large framed groups of photographs are on the back...

125
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200
185
Lot 185
The human shield, WW 1 formation by Mole & Thomas


14" x 11" gelatin silver print, "The Human U.S...

260
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360
186
Lot 186
Insignia of 1st artillary formed by soldiers, 1919


This is the first division, Grenzhausen, Germany, Aug...

100
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300
187
Lot 187
Head of the statue of liberty, large board mount


Fabulous image of the head (from the "inside") held in place by a...

750
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1,500
188
Lot 188
Life in Ardtornish, near Port Jervis NY 6 albumen


Six 7" x 9 ½" albumen prints on brown-bordered board mounts by W...

140
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200
189
Lot 189
5 Adirondack views, Boudoirs by S.R. Stoddard


a) 350, "Lake George—North from Kattskill House"— a group gathered...

650
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1,000
190
Lot 190
Coney Island surf bathing, S.R. Stoddard Boudoir


This is his No. 1343. There is a steamboat in back, and buildings...

220
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300
191
Lot 191
Asbury Park, N. J, 1886, 4 prints, Life Saving


Four 7 ¾" x 9 7/8" albumen prints by Stauffer, on heavy gilt-edge...

750
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1,200
192
Lot 192
Tall ship Kennard, Stebbins, plus captain


8" x 10" albumen print by N. L. Stebbins, Boston, his No...

240
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400
193
Lot 193
Unique Display of Provincetown views by Nickerson


Large 18" x 23" panel on which are assembled 16 photographs by G...

1,000
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2,000
194
Lot 194
Aeriel view Biscayne Bay by Mayfield, Miami Beach


Rich 12" x 16" gel. silver print by William Preston Mayfield...

1,000
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1,500
195
Lot 195
Gypsy child, FSA print by Jack Delano


Pencil inscription verso: "A gypsy child on U.S. No., 13, Five...

1,000
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2,000
196
Lot 196
Three Jews in Warsaw 1932, Tim Gidal


8 7/8" x 11" gelatin silver print by Tim Gidal, signed with...

800
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1,200
197
Lot 197
"Right of Assembly" large vintage by Arthur Siegel


Looking down on the mass demonstration. Vintage 11" x 14" gelatin...

2,000
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4,000
198
Lot 198
Andre Malraux and Bombardier, Gisele Freund Signed


The great French adventurer, novelist, intellectual served as a...

400
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1,000
199
Lot 199
Refugee camp, Spanish civil war, Robert Capa


In "Images of War" Capa wrote of the photograph seen among the...

700
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1,200
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