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The Art of the Photograph
11:00 AM PT - Sep 20th, 2007

offered by
Be-Hold

78 Rockland Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10705
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15%

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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.

105 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
51 Lot 51

MOTORCYCLE GREAT ALBERT "SHRIMP" BURNS
The diminutive Oakland California daredevil was a popular ra...

300
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500
52 Lot 52

FIRST HARLEY-DAVIDSON COMPANY IN JAPAN
Alfred "Rich" Child poses on a motorcycle with the staff of ...

260
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400
53 Lot 53

ACTRESS ELISABETH BERGNER , VINTAGE VIENNA
Vintage matte gelatin silver print on carte postale, with Ge...

400
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500
54 Lot 54

DANCER TILLY LOSCH BY TRUDE FLEISCHMANN
Vintage matte gelatin silver print on carte postale, with Fl...

500
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600
2 Bids
55 Lot 55

LENI RIEFENSTAHL BY LOTTE JACOBI
9" x 7 ¾" vintage gelatin silver print, a publicity photogra...

600
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1,000
5 Bids
56 Lot 56

LENI RIEFENSTAHL IN "DAS BLAUE LICHT."
This 1932 film was Riefenstahl's first as director, the star...

750
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1,000
57 Lot 57

22 EXTREMELY RARE STILLS DREYER'S "VAMPYR."
This 1932 film by the great Danish director Carl-Theodor Dre...

15,000
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17,500
58 Lot 58

HARALD KREUTZBERG THREE TIMES, BY MAURICE GOLDBERG
This is the dancer's role in "Three Mad Figures." Kreutzber...

400
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600
59 Lot 59

HARALD KREUTZBERG TWO TIMES, BY ANNEMARIE HEINRICH
A fine modernist photograph, vintage 10" x 7 ¼" matte toned ...

500
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1,000
1 Bid
60 Lot 60

YOUNG ROBERT WAGNER BY PHILIPPE HALSMAN
13 7/8" x 11" gelatin silver print. Halsman's credit stamp a...

400
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500
61 Lot 61

. "MARILYN-MAO" BY PHILIPPE HALSMAN
13 7/8" x 11" gelatin silver print. The portrait was made in...

600
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1,000
4 Bids
62 Lot 62

FROM "THE FEMALE FIGURE" BY ALBERT ARTHUR ALLEN
Original plates 24 and 25 from Series 3, 1924. Each 6 7/8" x...

500
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750
63 Lot 63

NUDE BY ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSON
Vintage 13 ¼" x 10" brown-toned matte gelatin silver print o...

750
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1,200
64 Lot 64

MOTHER, DAUGHTER ON BEACH, ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSON
Vintage 10 5/8" x 11 ¾" matte gelatin silver print on heavy ...

400
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750
65 Lot 65

MARION DAVIES, BY CLARENCE SINCLAIR BULL
13 3/8" x 10 3/8" matte gelatin silver print mounted on a la...

360
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500
1 Bid
66 Lot 66

LEGS CONFRONTING SCULPTURE, BY COUNT ZICHY
12" x 9 3/8" gelatin silver print on the original mount, wit...

750
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1,000
67 Lot 67

GIACOMETTI WITH SCULPTURE ARM BY LOOMIS DEAN
. 8" x 10" gelatin silver print, with LIFE credit stamp on t...

150
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350
13 Bids
68 Lot 68

"CHINESE BRACELET" C. I. ALEXANDER pictorialist
10" x 8" chlorobromide print, double matted, with labels on ...

400
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600
69 Lot 69

1930's NUDE, BY BERTRAM PARK, CAMERA CLUB STAMP
14 ¼" x 11 ¼" warm-toned matte print, 1930's, double mounted...

1,000
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1,500
70 Lot 70

"MAN THE ENIGMA" BY DR. MAX THOREK.
13" x 10 5/8" gelatin silver bromide print on textured paper...

1,500
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2,500
7 Bids
71 Lot 71

STEICHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER" CARL SANDBURG, 1929
One of the classic photographic books. This is number 107 of...

1,500
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3,000
1 Bid
72 Lot 72

WOMEN ON PARK BENCH, PARIS, BY BRASSAÏ
15 ½" x 11 ½" gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. This has th...

2,500
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3,500
73 Lot 73

SCENE IN LES HALLES, PARIS, BY ROBERT DOISNEAU
Women being pulled in a cart. This has the early Doisneau-Ra...

2,000
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3,000
2 Bids
74 Lot 74

FORREST CARPENTER, EDENMILLS VT ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN.
Vintage 9 7/8" x 7 7/8" gelatin silver print, with typed ti...

2,400
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3,000
75 Lot 75

. "AFTER THE WAR" BY DAN WEINER, SIGNED SANDRA
14" x 11" gelatin silver print. This photograph of a flower ...

500
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800
76 Lot 76

MILE RUNNERS BY HAROLD EDGERTON
13 ¾" x 10 7/8" early gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. Sign...

1,900
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2,500
2 Bids
77 Lot 77

TANKS IN CHINA, BY ROBERT CAPA, Late 1930's
From the revolution in China . Rare vintage 11" x 14" matte ...

2,800
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3,500
2 Bids
78 Lot 78

STUNNING ARCHIVE, AMERICA BOMBS EUROPE WWII
104 original gelatin silver prints, mostly 10" x 10", some s...

1,500
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2,500
19 Bids
79 Lot 79

ARCHIVE OF OFFICIAL GERMAN WWII PHOTOGRAPHS
These are mostly 4 ¾" x 6 7/8" plus a few smaller. Various n...

750
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1,200
80 Lot 80

NAZI SUICIDES BY MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE.
8" x 10" gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. Her great image o...

300
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1,000
7 Bids
81 Lot 81

"GERMAN GIRLS DRAG LOOT.... " MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
8" x 9 7/8" gelatin silver print, title "German Girls Drag L...

200
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400
82 Lot 82

"ARTILLERY IN MAUI…" M. BOURKE-WHITE
Full title in pen on verso: "Artillery in Maui Support U.S. ...

200
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400
83 Lot 83

"WOUNDED MAN WITH THE 5th ARMY" M. BOURKE-WHITE
10" x 8" gelatin silver print, with title in pen and LIFE an...

200
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400
84 Lot 84

"JEWISH CEMETERY IN QUEENS, NEW YORK" FEININGER
12 3/8" x 9 3/8" gelatin silver print, flush mounted, signed...

2,500
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3,500
85 Lot 85

METROPOLITAN OPERA REHEARSAL, BY W. EUGENE SMITH
Vintage 13 ½" x 9 ¾" gelatin silver print, mounted on board,...

900
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1,200
86 Lot 86

. "SOLARIZED CLOCKS PARIS" BY ILSE BING
10 7/8" x 13 7/8" gelatin silver print, signed in ink by Bin...

900
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1,500
87 Lot 87

DALI LIGHT SCULPTURE BY PHILIPPE HALSMAN
13 7/8 x 10 7/8" gelatin silver print. Number 183 of editio...

400
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750
88 Lot 88

NUDE PHOTOGRAM BY WYNN BULLOCK, vintage 1969
Vintage 9 ¼" x 7" gelatin silver print, 1969. Dry mounted by...

3,000
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4,000
89 Lot 89

"CHILD IN THE FOREST" BY WYNN BULLOCK. 1951
Vintage 7 ½" x 9 ½" gelatin silver print, 1951, given by Bul...

3,000
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4,000
43 Bids
90 Lot 90

"BILL LARUE IN A STRANGE PLACE" IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
9 7/8" x 12 5/8" vintage gelatin silver print, dry mounted t...

3,500
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4,500
91 Lot 91

COLUMBUS AVE, RAIN" PHIL PALMER S. FRANCISCO 1956
Vintage 9 7/8" x 7 7/8" gelatin silver print, 1956. Title in...

300
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500
2 Bids
92 Lot 92

MAN AT NEWSSTAND, S. FRANCISCO ca. '56 PHIL PALMER
13 7/8" x 11" gelatin silver print by this interesting San F...

300
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500
93 Lot 93

REFLECTED CLOCK TOWER BY FLOR GARDUÑO 1979
8" x 10" matte gelatin silver print, signed in pencil on the...

4,000
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5,000
94 Lot 94

. "LUCHADOR SALTANDO" BY LOURDES GROBET, 1980
The title means "Leaping Wrestler." 7 5/8" x 9 5/8" chromoge...

2,000
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3,000
95 Lot 95

"LUCHADOR Y SU ESPOSA" LOURDES GROBET, 1980 COLOR
"Wrestler and his Wife." 14" x 9 5/8" chromogenic print, sig...

2,000
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3,000
96 Lot 96

A COUPLE, BY DUANE MICHALS
6 ¾" x 10" image on 15 7/8" x 20" sheet, gelatin silver prin...

2,000
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3,000
97 Lot 97

"THE CAPTIVE CHILD" BY DUANE MICHALS
8" x 10" gelatin silver print, with hand written text on the...

2,500
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3,500
5 Bids
98 Lot 98

FASHION WITH HORSES FRANK HORVAT, 1959 Paris Vogue
15 7/8" x 12" vintage gelatin silver print (image 14" x 9 7/...

1,500
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2,500
5 Bids
99 Lot 99

"FOOT-FEEDING A CUB" BY JOHN DRYSDALE
11" x 16" gelatin silver print with attached label on verso ...

160
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260
2 Bids
100 Lot 100

MAIA, ARLES, FRANCE 1990" BY JOCK STURGES
14" x 11" gelatin silver print, signed and titled in pencil ...

700
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1,200
4 Bids
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