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K2 WESTERN WALL and Camp OVERSIZE 1909HIMALAYAS SINOLCHUM 1899 Icon exhibition printSPECTACULAR PORTRAIT Women of Latal Caucasus
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Amazing Landscape Photography from K2 to the Matterhorn

AMAZING LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY from K2 to the Matterhorn by Vittorio Sella. Before Ansel Adams became the leading outdoor photographer in the world, Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) was acclaimed worldwide for his Landscape views. Based in Boston, the Appalachian Mountain Club was founded in 1876 & is Americas oldest nonprofit & conservation organization. Their co-founder, Charles Fay’s association with the Italian Alpine Club and the Sella family led to 1893 purchase by the AMC of Vittoria Sella’s prize winning 500 print Italian exhibition. Over the next 20 years the AMC received Sella exhibition from all of his series.

Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions LLC is pleased to present this benefit NO RESERVE auction, containing 550 original exhibition prints; highlights include over 40 multi-plate panorama views & rare silver gelatin & collodion views of K2, Kangchenjunga & the Himalayas--in 297 lots. The collection is being sold by the Appalachian Mountain Club to directly benefit the Appalachian Mountain Club Trails Protection Fund, Conservation Research & Climate Action, & the Modernization & Preservation of the AMC Library & Archives.

Sella photographed extensively in the Alps of Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany & France from the 1870s on. In 1889 & 1890 Sella made two of his three expeditions to the Caucasus working in Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan & Armenia. In 1897 he joined the Duke of the Abruzzi to the American Canadian, Alaskan Yukon border to climb Mt. Saint Elias. In 1899 he joined legendary climber Douglas Freshfield to finish mapping the Himalayan Kangchenjunga area, in the area of India Sikkim, Nepal, Bhuton, Tibet & China. In 1906 Sella accompanied The Duke of the Abruzzi to the Rwenzori, the headwaters of the Nile in Uganda & the DRC. In 1909 Sella, with the Duke of the Abruzzi, went to climb K2 in the Himalayan Karakoram on the border of China, India & Pakistan. He photographed from over 22,000 ft.
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MAN & NATURE Parrotspitze 14,104 feet: VITTORIO SELLA. Parrotspitze, from the highest level of the Lys Glacier, 14,104 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVII 1580. 11.2x14.8" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board,
2100: MAN & NATURE Parrotspitze 14,104 feetEst. $700-$900
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2 VIEWS Climbing the High Mountains of the Alps: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Lyskamm, Matterhorn, and Dent Blanche, from Sesiafoch, 14,104 feet, torn corner, vintage repair, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVII 1582. 11.1x15.5" collodion print, printed c. 1893,
2101: 2 VIEWS Climbing the High Mountains of the AlpsEst. $1,250-$2,000
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HIKING UP Alphubel Pennine Alps sublime: VITTORIO SELLA. Alphubel, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVIII 381. 11.3x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 16 1/8x12" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps 381.
2105: HIKING UP Alphubel Pennine Alps sublimeEst. $700-$1,000
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2 VIEWS Climbing on the Mischabel massif: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Mischabelhorner from the summit of Alphubel, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVIII 383. 16.9x22.3" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 18x24" grey
2106: 2 VIEWS Climbing on the Mischabel massifEst. $1,000-$1,500
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2 Prints Oberland Valleys and Peaks: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Swiss Oberland, Allalinhorn, Fletschhorn, from the summit of the Rimpfischhorn, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVIII 392. 11.3x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on
2107: 2 Prints Oberland Valleys and PeaksEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
3 SIMPLON PASS Horse Toboggan: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Ascending to Simplon Pass, near Berisal, in the winter of 1892, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVIII 1511. 11.1x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board,
2109: 3 SIMPLON PASS Horse TobogganEst. $500-$800Lot Passed
2 OBERLAND BERNESE ALPS Grunhorn: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Gross Grunhorn, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 175. 15.3x11.2" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16.5x13" gray board. Inscribed in ink on
2110: 2 OBERLAND BERNESE ALPS GrunhornEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed
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HIKING at 11,000 feet Swiss Oberland: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Monch, from the Jungfraujoch at 11,152 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 207. 11.2x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.3x16.3" brown board. Inscribed in ink on
2120: HIKING at 11,000 feet Swiss OberlandEst. $1,000-$1,500
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