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10:00 AM PT - Sep 20th, 2007

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Yonkers, NY 10705
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Preview in Manhattan at 36 West 25th Street, 10th Floor, on Thursday September 13th, noon to 5:00 p.m. with a RECEPTION PARTY right after. Further previews at the same venue on Friday September 14th, noon to 7:00 p.m., Saturday September 15th, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday September 16th, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Material can be viewed at other times at our premises in Yonkers NY by appointment.

The Art of the Photograph

105 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
GOLD RUSH MUSICIANS VANCE DAGUERREOTYPE


The miners needed entertainment. Here are three who supplied it...

16,000
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17,500
2
Lot 2
TYPICAL DAY ON THE CORNER DAGUERREOTYPE


From across a rough dirt street the daguerreotypist has framed a...

1,750
-
2,000
3
Lot 3
EARLY QUILL PEN WRITER & COPY DAGUERREOTYPE


Two 1/6 plates. One is in an octagonal mat. It's a portrait of a...

1,000
-
1,500
4
Lot 4
3 PROSPEROUS GENTLEMEN, ANSON DAGUERREOTYPE


Pristine ½ plate. This came with a few daguerreotypes by Brady...

750
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1,200
5
Lot 5
LIVELY DAGUERREOTYPE GENTS WITH HATS


This has a wonderful lively character, contrasting to the formal...

500
-
1,000
6
Lot 6
TEAM OF GYMNASTS.1/2 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE


7 bearded young men pose in their athletic attire. One holds a...

7,500
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10,000
7
Lot 7
BIRD HUNTER, DOG, NEWSPAPER SUBJECT, WHITEHURST


½ plate daguerreotype by Jesse Whitehurst, with "J. Whitehurst's...

12,500
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13,500
8
Lot 8
YOUNG HUNTER WITH DOG, RIFLE, RABBIT, daguerreotype


1/6 plate daguerreotype in a decorated oval mat. The surface is...

2,250
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3,000
9
Lot 9
LARGE DISPLAY CASE WITH FINE DAGUERREOTYPES, ANSON


The unusual case opens to reveal a 1/2 plate ambrotype of three...

1,500
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2,200
10
Lot 10
THREE DAGUERREOTYPES BY ANSON


These came with the previous lot, and hopefully can remain with it...

400
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600
11
Lot 11
MOTHER IN BONNET, SON, ¼ PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE


This is a tender image. We can see the mother's hand around the...

400
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600
12
Lot 12
TENDER MOTHER AND SON FINE DAGUERREOTYPE


They hold hands, with their softly tinted faces parallel as in the...

600
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800
13
Lot 13
CHILD, LARGE TERRIER DOG Van Loan daguerreotype


Rich 1/6 plate by Van Loan and Ennis, Philadelphia, as shown on...

1,000
-
1,500
14
Lot 14
FAMILY WITH THEIR BULLDOG, ½ PLATE BY ADAMS


The parents and baby are positioned slightly to the left, to make...

2,750
-
3,200
15
Lot 15
GIRL WITH DOLL, DOG, FLOWERS, 1/4 plate, fine case


A scene of intimate comfort. The girl holds her doll with both...

2,700
-
3,000
16
Lot 16
PAIR RICH ¼ PLATE daguerreotypes, GIRL WITH DOVE.


These daguerreotypes are in a fine book-style case with a hinged...

2,500
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3,000
17
Lot 17
WOMAN, IN RARE ¼ PLATE CASE


This ¼ plate is sealed, with an additional card backing. It's a...

360
-
500
18
Lot 18
SEATED GIRL, LARGE HAT. ½ PLATE BY MAYALL


A gorgeous finely tinted ½ plate in a fine full case with Mayall's...

1,500
-
2,000
19
Lot 19
OPTIMISTIC ENGLISH LAD DAGUERREOTYPE


This ¼ plate has the typical English coloring, with a cloud...

500
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900
20
Lot 20
CULTURED WOMAN PIANO. Framed French daguerreotype


6 ¾" x 5 ¾" French daguerreotype in a deep oval mat with reverse...

4,000
-
5,000
21
Lot 21
WOMAN IN FUR, FINE ¼ PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE


This is still sealed. The woman, with her softly tinted face...

1,000
-
1,500
22
Lot 22
GENTLEMAN IN HIS PAISLEY SMOKING JACKET


A wild, bold portrait. Rich lustrous ¼ plate daguerreotype with a...

850
-
1,200
23
Lot 23
SEASIDE BACKDROP DAGUERREOTYPE


1/6 plate portrait of this well-appointed gent who appears pleased...

600
-
900
24
Lot 24
MAN WITH A SKULL AMBROTYPE


A phrenologist? 1/6 plate on ruby glass, in half case. Slightly...

500
-
1,000
25
Lot 25
MOTHER HOLDS WATCH FOR BABY, AMBROTYPE


The mother has an interesting dress, with a feather in her cap...

1,000
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1,350
26
Lot 26
WOMAN READING, AMBROTYPE


She's relaxed and absorbed. This is more a genre scene than a...

380
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500
27
Lot 27
SUCKING HER THUMB, AMBROTYPE


Did the child spontaneously begin sucking her thumb, and the...

260
-
460
28
Lot 28
BOY WITH HIS SAILBOAT, AMBROTYPE


This has delicate tinting with a nice green background. 1/6 plate...

600
-
800
29
Lot 29
ENGLISH NAVAL OFFICER WITH HIS SWORD


Super rich and clear, with fine tinting and gilding. ¼ plate...

400
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600
30
Lot 30
AFFECTIONATE GENTLEMEN AMBROTYPE


Horizontal ¼ plate in passepartout. They place their heads...

750
-
1,000
31
Lot 31
WORKMAN HOLDS DOG. 1/6 PLATE AMBROTYPE


. Within the edges of the mat we can see the vertical edges of the...

400
-
600
32
Lot 32
BLACK BOY WITH HIS DOG TINTYPE


His hat is on some kind of strangely covered studio table. There's...

400
-
600
33
Lot 33
WORKMAN AND APPRENTICE, WITH A DOG. tintype


Possibly this is a veterinarian and his son. The sitting appears...

380
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500
34
Lot 34
IDYLLIC SCENE, REFLECTED. FRAMED TINTYPE


A mother and her 2 daughters pose in front of the fence of their...

260
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400
35
Lot 35
GENERAL EDWARD FERRERO, CDV BY GURNEY


Ferrero seems to have been an interesting character. He was a...

100
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180
36
Lot 36
GENERAL CHARLES KINNAIRD GRAHAM, CDV BY BRADY


As an engineer before the war he helped lay out Central Park and...

120
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200
37
Lot 37
ARTIST CHARLES FELU, PAINTING WITH HIS FEET


Born without arms, Felu became a celebrated painter. Here he...

220
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300
38
Lot 38
DRESSED IN BUTTERFLY COSTUME, CDV moth?


Nicely tinted CDV. The man (or could be a woman) holds an arm out...

400
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500
39
Lot 39
RARE BUFFALO BILL CDV


A rare pose. This is an oval portrait CDV on a light buff mount...

400
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600
40
Lot 40
"SKULLS OF THE CLIFF DWELLERS" W. H. JACKSON


4" x 6 ½" albumen print by W. H. Jackson, his No. 3818. One skull...

300
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500
41
Lot 41
"A L'ENFANT JESUS" WINE SHOP SIGN BY ATGET


7" x 8 ¼" unmounted albumen print, with Atget's pencil notation of...

2,200
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3,200
42
Lot 42
20 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, SCENES IN RUSSIA, ca 1890


Most have numbers and titles in Russian on the bottom of the...

2,500
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3,500
43
Lot 43
FROM M. BOURKE-WHITE'S 1933 U.S.S.R. PORTFOLIO


These are photographures on 14" x 20" sheets with letterpress...

750
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1,200
44
Lot 44
CHINESE SCHOOL CHILDREN DOING EXERCISES


3- rich gelatin-silver prints on album pages, ca. 1900. A 5 7/8" x...

300
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500
45
Lot 45
DIGNIFIED HAWAIIAN LADY ALBUMEN PRINT


8 7/8” x 6 7/8” unmounted albumen print, no imprint. As portraits...

500
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1,000
46
Lot 46
NORTHWEST INDIAN CEREMONY BY LOMAN BROTHERS


8" x 10" gelatin unmounted sepia gelatin silver print with © Lomen...

300
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600
47
Lot 47
19 SCENES IN GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA


These are 5" x 7" glossy sepia prints, with "D...

1,500
-
2,500
48
Lot 48
20 RICH AMAZON BORORO SCENES CLAUDE LÉVI-STRAUSS


20 fabulous vintage gelatin-silver prints, ca. 1940, 11" x 14" or...

15,000
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20,000
49
Lot 49
GIGANTIC ALBUMEN PRINT OF A LION BY RAU


This hung in the estate in New Jersey of James Anthony Bailey...

4,000
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6,000
50
Lot 50
"CRACK WITH THE BLACKSMITH" FRANCES & MARY ALLEN


Vintage 8 3/8" x 6 3/8" platinum print. This is characteristic of...

400
-
600
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