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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)
150 Lot 150

Prince William Lunalilo of Hawaii, CDV
He became King, and was responsible for ceding Pearl Harbor ...

220
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400
26 Bids
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
17 Bids
152 Lot 152

Fiji chief, CDV by M. Dickson, Honolulu
Title in period pen on verso. Is that an ornament to the rig...

220
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400
11 Bids
153 Lot 153

10 Scenes in Hawaii, Imperial mounts by Severin
10 - 6 5/8" x 9" ALBUMEN PRINTS ON IMPERIAL MOUNTS BY SEVERI...

1,200
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2,000
2 Bids
154 Lot 154

Voyage U.S.S. Thetis, 1887-1889 Alaska & Arctic
In 1884 the Thetis had made a voyage to the Arctic, and reac...

7,500
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10,000
2 Bids
155 Lot 155

Set of views Unalaska Alaska, Parley's Arts
A set of 28 gelatin silver views on EK postcard paper, in t...

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,...

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" inser...

300
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500
4 Bids
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, for...

300
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400
1 Bid
159 Lot 159

Album of photographs of Iraq, ca. 1928
Startling album from today's perspective, 36 – glossy 6" x ...

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. T...

160
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400
2 Bids
163 Lot 163

3 Chinese Japanese CDV scenes with hand coloring
By McCormick & Heald, Boston. The first two are Chinese: a) ...

260
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360
2 Bids
164 Lot 164

Marching band, Guthrie Center, Iowa. Cabinet card.
This is Mitchell's Silver Cornet Band, in formation alongsid...

240
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300
165 Lot 165

Telegraph Linesmen with their gear, cabinet card
Extraordinarily complete depiction of their array of tools a...

260
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360
1 Bid
166 Lot 166

A "Bubble Cuffer" Lumberman, cabinet card
This daring river rat would dance across the logs coming dow...

120
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250
1 Bid
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. B...

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 l...

100
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200
4 Bids
170 Lot 170

Fire Brigade Wisconsin, with flag, horn, sculpture
American flag behind them, horn on the table at left. A scul...

100
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200
8 Bids
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 c...

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 inscript...

100
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200
173 Lot 173

Mail carrier with wagon, Norwichtown Connecticut,
A large poster/sign mourns the recently assassinated Preside...

220
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300
1 Bid
174 Lot 174

Gollmar Brothers Circus, Advertising train Iowa
The circus was located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Mount stamped ...

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 Ge...

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. Terrifi...

850
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1,500
5 Bids
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
8 Bids
178 Lot 178

"Active class... South-side Turnverein, Oshkosh"
They won first prize at Madison Wisconsin in 1892. Large 13 ...

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 "Cosmi...

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 t...

220
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400
3 Bids
181 Lot 181

Strong Man Frank Pascal, "Atlas" Cabinet cards etc
2 CABINET CARDS by Schweig & Cohl, St. Louis, an upper body ...

350
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500
2 Bids
182 Lot 182

Young boxer and his dream
He holds a pose opposite the figure on top of his trophy. St...

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 Da...

75
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150
1 Bid
184 Lot 184

Indoor swimming pool, Monterey. Cal by Johnson
Hotel interior. Large framed groups of photographs are on th...

125
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200
2 Bids
185 Lot 185

The human shield, WW 1 formation by Mole & Thomas
14" x 11" gelatin silver print, "The Human U.S. Shield/ 30,0...

260
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360
7 Bids
186 Lot 186

Insignia of 1st artillary formed by soldiers, 1919
This is the first division, Grenzhausen, Germany, Aug. 1, 19...

100
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300
11 Bids
187 Lot 187

Head of the statue of liberty, large board mount
Fabulous image of the head (from the "inside") held in place...

750
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1,500
1 Bid
188 Lot 188

Life in Ardtornish, near Port Jervis NY 6 albumen
Six 7" x 9 ½" albumen prints on brown-bordered board mounts ...

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 ga...

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 buil...

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...

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. 31...

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 ...

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, Fi...

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" ge...

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 a...

400
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1,000
2 Bids
199 Lot 199

Refugee camp, Spanish civil war, Robert Capa
In "Images of War" Capa wrote of the photograph seen among t...

700
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1,200
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