Be-Hold No.46, Fine Photographs

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An auction of carefully selected photographs, from daguerreotypes into the late 20th-Century, organized by type of photograph. Everything is listed with a minimum bid. This is an absentee auction. Bids may be placed directly with the auction house, or bid via eBay Live. We have been conducting these auction for almost 25 years. Please consult our web site at http://www.be-hold.com.

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A preview will be held in NYC from 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m on January 11, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m January 12th, and 9:00 a.m. to noon January 13th at the Affinia 50 Hotel, 155 E. 50th St. at 3d Avenue NYC. There will be a reception on Jan. 12 at 5:00 p.m. Material can also be viewed by appointment in Yonkers, NY. We will do our best to answer any questions about the material, but not after 2:00 p.m. on the day of the auction.
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ICE MEN, KANSAS CITY101 - ICE MEN, KANSAS CITY
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Wonderful rich cabinet card by Sandford & Co, Kansas City. Strong [3].
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Estimate : 90.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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FRAME MAKER, MICHIGAN102 - FRAME MAKER, MICHIGAN
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He holds a plane. There is a saw beside a frame, with rough shavings on the ground. A significant image of an important rarely depicted occupation. Ca
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Estimate : 225.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (395.00) = 395.00
 
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THE GING MURDER, MINNEAPOLIS.103 - THE GING MURDER, MINNEAPOLIS.
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Collage of 5 images, with extensive text on verso. This was a major case in Minneapolis in the 1890's. A copy of the periodical "Hennepin H...
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Estimate : 225.00 - 400.00
Sold to ordinary-l.. for (245.00 + 36.75BP) = 281.75
 
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GET OFF THE EARTH.104 - GET OFF THE EARTH.
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Vignetted image of man with a sword in his mouth holding two severed heads. The sword and necks have red-tinted blood. No imprint on this cabinet card
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 225.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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MEDICAL DEVICE TO ELEVATE A LEG. 105 - MEDICAL DEVICE TO ELEVATE A LEG.
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Displayed before a backdrop. Curiously abstract image. No imprint. An image a surrealist would love. [3-]
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Estimate : 125.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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PLAYING DOCTOR   PATIENT106 - PLAYING DOCTOR PATIENT
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One woman pours medicine into a giant spoon, another takes pulse, another comforts the patient with a fan. Guess you could call this a medicine cabine
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 175.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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BROADWAY, FARMINGTON MAINE107 - BROADWAY, FARMINGTON MAINE
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Horizontal boudoir by E. R. Starbird, Farmington. A list of views is imprinted on verso. Shops and signs, including a seemingly abandoned storefront p
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Estimate : 75.00 - 225.00
Sold to thedanoa414 for (75.00 + 11.25BP) = 86.25
 
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CIGAR STORE INDIANS.  3 Cabinet Cards108 - CIGAR STORE INDIANS. 3 Cabinet Cards
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3 examples of this curious aspect of American culture. Horizontal cabinet card (sort of), 8" x 4 3/8". by C. M. Fowler, Salem, Mass., show...
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Estimate : 225.00 - 450.00
Sold to ravenview for (1,180.00 + 177.00BP) = 1,357.00
 
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PHOTOGRAPHING THE SAILBOATS109 - PHOTOGRAPHING THE SAILBOATS
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Is this before a race? Two photographers with cameras on tripods. 6 3/8" x 8 1/2" boudoir, no imprint. Upper part of the sails are faded, ...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 125.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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CAT ON A CHAIR, EARLY SALT PRINT STEREO110 - CAT ON A CHAIR, EARLY SALT PRINT STEREO
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Salted paper print with diagonal corners on a thin tan square-cornered mount. Emulsion bubble and line in the negative; print is undamaged. [3]
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 125.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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DOGS, 6 VIEWS FROM VENERIE IMPERIALE.111 - DOGS, 6 VIEWS FROM VENERIE IMPERIALE.
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From the French series of stereo views with imprinted blue labels in the right margin, dealing with the Imperial stables and hunting dogs, these are n
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (190.00) = 190.00
 
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VOYAGE EN BRETAGNE, 3 stereo views112 - VOYAGE EN BRETAGNE, 3 stereo views
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Darrah's great book on stereographs indicates this series with its imprinted blue labels in the left margin and black mount edges is by Jouvin. ...
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Estimate : 90.00 - 225.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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EARLY FRENCH SCENE ALSACE-- WOMEN KNIT113 - EARLY FRENCH SCENE ALSACE-- WOMEN KNIT
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From the "Photographie Internationale" stereo view series on a square-cornered tan mount, hand-colored. Group of women in their traditiona...
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Estimate : 35.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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EVENING SHADOWS IN THE FISH-PONDS, HAS114 - EVENING SHADOWS IN THE FISH-PONDS, HAS
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The view as seen in the viewer well merits such a lovely title. A stereoscopic masterpiece. Square cornered ivory mount with glazed face, imprinted la
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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DOROTHEA DIX, GREAT REFORMER. 115 - DOROTHEA DIX, GREAT REFORMER.
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Square-cornered glazed ivory mount. No imprint. Dix was an amazingly modern reformer, especially active in reforms for the treatment of the "in...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 225.00
Sold to vbspkr for (220.00 + 33.00BP) = 253.00
 
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ARTIST AT NIAGARA, LONDON STEREOSCOPIC116 - ARTIST AT NIAGARA, LONDON STEREOSCOPIC
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This is from the London Stereoscopic Company desirable North American Series, with Eagle logo and text on the verso, on a square-cornered glazed ivory
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Estimate : 65.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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CONSTRUCTION VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL117 - CONSTRUCTION VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL
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Notman's series of the construction of this bridge is one of the great early views of engineering achievement. Over the years I've had a num...
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Estimate : 35.00 - 150.00
Sold to trilobite1 for (90.00 + 13.50BP) = 103.50
 
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MAYAN RUINS, COPAN, HONDURAS118 - MAYAN RUINS, COPAN, HONDURAS
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2 views on square-cornered yellow mount with large blue labels with technical information, no maker indicated. No 13 "G" and No. 15 "...
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Estimate : 65.00 - 225.00
Sold to chitrakala for (220.00 + 33.00BP) = 253.00
 
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READING RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER SCHUYLKILL119 - READING RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER SCHUYLKILL
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Early view on a square-cornered glazed ivory mount, with title imprinted beneath the view. No maker indicated. Similar to views by Langenheim. [3]
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Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 45.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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PARLOR, FT. WM. HENRY HOTEL LAKE GEORGE120 - PARLOR, FT. WM. HENRY HOTEL LAKE GEORGE
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S. Beer and Beer brothers were among the very great early U.S. stereo photographers. Their work is not fully appreciated because it is so scarce. This
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Estimate : 35.00 - 225.00
Sold to floor for (45.00) = 45.00
 
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SOUTH SHORE VIEWS, 47, BOW HILL 121 - SOUTH SHORE VIEWS, 47, BOW HILL
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By R. A. Miller, Boston. Brilliant print of this figure posed on the rocky shore. Square cornered mount with decorated imprinted label. [4]
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Estimate : 30.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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BROWNS BOSTON SHOE STORE122 - BROWNS BOSTON SHOE STORE
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Square-cornered gold mount with white back. The staff is assembled in front. Mild stain lower left of mount. [2+]
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Estimate : 35.00 - 75.00
Sold to hornedtoad.. for (45.00 + 6.75BP) = 51.75
 
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C. H TILTONS SHOE FACTORY ASHLAND MASS123 - C. H TILTONS SHOE FACTORY ASHLAND MASS
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Four views by Thomas Lewis, Cambridgeport, Mass [one of the great stereo view photographers!] on orange/lavender mounts. How short a time since an ind
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Estimate : 175.00 - 375.00
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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BAR HARBOR MAINE VIEW BY BRADLEY124 - BAR HARBOR MAINE VIEW BY BRADLEY
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His No. 179. "Steamboat Wharf, Bar Harbor. Mt. Desert, Me." Pier, canoes on shore, sailboats out in the water. Large cream mount. [4-]
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Estimate : 75.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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THE DOCKS AT MARQUETTE MICHIGAN, 2 view125 - THE DOCKS AT MARQUETTE MICHIGAN, 2 view
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The ore docks and the merchandise pier. 2 – views on orange/lavender mounts by C. B. Brubaker.[3
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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PHOTOGRAPHERS AT MAMMOTH CAVE126 - PHOTOGRAPHERS AT MAMMOTH CAVE
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This is No. 4 in the Mammoth Cave views published by Anthony. "Out for the Last Time." On a yellow/white mount with large blue label on v...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to cavephone for (150.00 + 22.50BP) = 172.50
 
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BESIEGED BY A BEAR, ALEX MARTIN127 - BESIEGED BY A BEAR, ALEX MARTIN
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From his Rocky Mountain Stereoscopic Views, Denver, with large gray label on verso. Title and No. 250 in the negative. This extends the tradition of p
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Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 65.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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VIEWS OF GOTHIC COLORADO BY F. D. STORM128 - VIEWS OF GOTHIC COLORADO BY F. D. STORM
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Large beige mounts One has a large label verso, numbered 172, "Gothic from Above." The discovery of the Sylvanite Mine in 1879 led to the ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (380.00) = 380.00
 
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UTE JACK, by Weitfle129 - UTE JACK, by Weitfle
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Large gray mount by Weitfle, Central City, Colorado, title and No. 320 in the negative. The title is "Captain Jack, Chief of the Modocs." ...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 300.00
Sold to esotericag.. for (650.00 + 97.50BP) = 747.50
 
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SMILING CHINESE LABORER IN CALIFORNIA130 - SMILING CHINESE LABORER IN CALIFORNIA
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Rich print on a large glazed ivory mount, no imprint, but came with a group of California views. The transliteration of the subject's Chinese na...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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TENTING IN OLD SANTA MONICA131 - TENTING IN OLD SANTA MONICA
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Large beige mount view by A. C. Varela, Los Angeles, his No. 214. Long before any development in this area. Somewhat distant view of the tent colony i
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Estimate : 65.00 - 225.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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7 VIEWS COSHOCTON OHIO  A. E. DICKERSON132 - 7 VIEWS COSHOCTON OHIO A. E. DICKERSON
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Dickerson was an interesting late 19th-century independent stereographer, who attempted to compete in style with the huge marketers of views such as K
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Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to kheck4k8u for (70.00 + 10.50BP) = 80.50
 
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4 MIDWEST VIEWS BY A. E. DICKERSON, COS133 - 4 MIDWEST VIEWS BY A. E. DICKERSON, COS
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From the family collection. Interesting group includes a mill town on a river, view of a river city with bridges, overview of the city, and a street s
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 175.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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4 OHIO CANAL VIEWS, WITH STEAMERS, BY A134 - 4 OHIO CANAL VIEWS, WITH STEAMERS, BY A
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From the family collection. Duplicate views of a steamer alongside the Union Carriage Company. Side view of the "Valley Gem." And a Wester...
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 175.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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7 COLORADO, WEST BY A. E. DICKERSON135 - 7 COLORADO, WEST BY A. E. DICKERSON
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From the family collection. 14. "Snowy Range from near Central City" and two other untitled views, farmsteads with mountains behind. No. 2...
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Estimate : 65.00 - 275.00
Sold to westedb for (65.00 + 9.75BP) = 74.75
 
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7 COLORADO VIEWS BY A. E. DICKERSON136 - 7 COLORADO VIEWS BY A. E. DICKERSON
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From the family collection. Includes 54. "Looking West into Estes Park from Park Hill." The man standing next to the horse driven wagon on...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to westedb for (300.00 + 45.00BP) = 345.00
 
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INTERIOR, A. J. EATON HOME, EATON COLOR137 - INTERIOR, A. J. EATON HOME, EATON COLOR
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3 views from the A. E. Dickerson family collection. Views of family members, furnishings, pianos-- the person after whom Eaton was named. One is quite
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Estimate : 225.00 - 450.00
Sold to westedb for (300.00 + 45.00BP) = 345.00
 
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3 COLORADO MINING VIEWS138 - 3 COLORADO MINING VIEWS
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On large curved buff mounts from the A. E. Dickerson family collection. 357, "Mines at Gilman." The person posed high on the rocky overloo...
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Estimate : 225.00 - 450.00
Sold to westedb for (225.00 + 33.75BP) = 258.75
 
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3 COLORADO VIEWS BY DICKERSON139 - 3 COLORADO VIEWS BY DICKERSON
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From the A. E. Dickerson family collection. 445. "Rollins Pass, Moffet Road, June 6th 1905." Workers on tracks, snow shed, R.R. cars in th...
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Estimate : 225.00 - 450.00
Sold to westedb for (300.00 + 45.00BP) = 345.00
 
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DICKERSONS CAMP    PHOTO WAGON, YELLOW140 - DICKERSONS CAMP PHOTO WAGON, YELLOW
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"Our camp, Yellowstone" The photographer's party with tent, wagon, dog. And 530, "Electric Peak, Yellowstone." Dickerson and...
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Estimate : 225.00 - 450.00
Sold to westedb for (285.00 + 42.75BP) = 327.75
 
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TEN VIEWS OF YELLOWSTONE BY DICKERSON141 - TEN VIEWS OF YELLOWSTONE BY DICKERSON
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From A. E. Dickerson's family collection. Typical scenic views by a rare maker of them, on large curved mounts. [3-], [3].
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Estimate : 90.00 - 250.00
Sold to westedb for (230.00 + 34.50BP) = 264.50
 
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30 VIEW BOX SET YELLOWSTONE BY FORSYTH142 - 30 VIEW BOX SET YELLOWSTONE BY FORSYTH
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The complete numbered set in the original box, by N. A. Forsyth, Butte Montana. Views are crisp and undamaged. The box is complete and undamaged but t
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to patrick67337 for (480.00 + 72.00BP) = 552.00
 
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BOX SET GLACIER PARK, FORSYTH143 - BOX SET GLACIER PARK, FORSYTH
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27 views, c. 1908. Ten include Park visitors; others are dramatic scenic views. No damage. Condition [3-] to [4-]. Green box has suffered some water d
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to 1889 for (290.00 + 43.50BP) = 333.50
 
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BOX SET GLACIER PARK,  FORSYTH144 - BOX SET GLACIER PARK, FORSYTH
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Different set than the previous lot. 29 views. Eight include park visitors; others are dramatic scenic views. Bright undamaged views [3+] to [4]. Orig
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (355.00) = 355.00
 
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BUTTE MONTANA THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE145 - BUTTE MONTANA THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE
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31 views by N. A. Forsyth, Butte. Fabulous collection of views; 17 are rich mining scenes; 6 are street and parade scenes; 8 are from Columbia Gardens
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Estimate : 325.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to commiskeyc for (1,300.00 + 195.00BP) = 1,495.00
 
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SALT PRINT, 34th CONGRESS COMMITTEE146 - SALT PRINT, 34th CONGRESS COMMITTEE
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This is the Committee on Elections from this 1855-56 Congress. It had the minor task of certifying the credentials of those newly elected or reelected
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Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (0.00) = 0.00
 
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STANDING CIVIL WAR OFFICER147 - STANDING CIVIL WAR OFFICER
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Albumen print in a period oval frame with 8" x 6" oval view. Not examined outside the frame. No identification visible. A Rich clear full ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 375.00
Sold to thedanoa414 for (150.00 + 22.50BP) = 172.50
 
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CIVIL WAR OFFICER, SWORD AND STAR148 - CIVIL WAR OFFICER, SWORD AND STAR
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Albumen print in early frame with 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" oval opening. He poses with a sword, a star pinned to his chest. Clean, slightly light [...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 375.00
Sold to thedanoa414 for (160.00 + 24.00BP) = 184.00
 
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CIVIL WAR OFFICER, SWORD, PLUMED HAT149 - CIVIL WAR OFFICER, SWORD, PLUMED HAT
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A full standing pose, before a landscape backdrop. Albumen print in gilt-edged oval mat with 7 1/8" x 5 1/8" opening, placed in a modern m...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 375.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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KARL BODMER, INDIAN PAINTER, GALERIE CO150 - KARL BODMER, INDIAN PAINTER, GALERIE CO
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The "Galerie Contemporaine" was a major cultural and photo-historical venture, published in France from 1876 to 1884. It was issued usuall...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 375.00
Sold to floor for (4,000.00) = 4,000.00
 
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