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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AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE151 - AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE
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He was of course the sculptural designer of the Statue of Liberty [executed by Eiffel] and so is enshrined in U. S. History. Woodburytype after a phot
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 375.00
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JULES SANDEAU, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE152 - JULES SANDEAU, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE
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Of most interest to us is his liaison with Aurore Dudevant. They wrote together under the name Jules Sand. After their breakup she kept part of the na
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EDMOND DE GONCOURT GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE153 - EDMOND DE GONCOURT GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE
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A major cultural figure of late 19th-Century France. With his brother Jules he produced enormously popular and influential journals, as well as art cr
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EUGENE SCRIBE, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE, N154 - EUGENE SCRIBE, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE, N
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Extremely prolific and influential playwright. An early name he wrote under-- Vau de Vire-- became corrupted and became the origin of the word "...
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MARC DE MONTIFAUD GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE155 - MARC DE MONTIFAUD GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE
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Pseudonym of Marie-Amélie Chartroule de Montifaud, one of the rare women to appear in this series. An important writer and art critic, she was ...
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MARIE PAPE-CARPENTIER, GALERIE CONTEMPO156 - MARIE PAPE-CARPENTIER, GALERIE CONTEMPO
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Another of the rare women in this series, she was quite different from de Montifaud. She pioneered the nursery school in France. 9 3/8" x 7&quo...
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CHARLES GOUNOD, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE157 - CHARLES GOUNOD, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE
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The composer of the opera "Faust" and other works. 9 3/8" x 7 5/8" woodburytype by Goupil & Co. after Mulnier. [3+]
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PIANO GREAT FRANCIS PLANTÉ, GALERIE CON158 - PIANO GREAT FRANCIS PLANTÉ, GALERIE CON
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Great pianist, protegé of Liszt and Rossini. A recording of him playing was made in 1908. 9 3/8" x 7 1/2" woodburytype by Goupil &...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 125.00 - 300.00
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POET THÉODORE DE BANVILLE, GALERIE CONT159 - POET THÉODORE DE BANVILLE, GALERIE CONT
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Friend of Baudelaire. Painted by Manet. In 1870 the 17 year old Rimbaud wrote him a letter of admiration. 8 3/4" x 6 7/8" woodburytype by ...
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Start Price : 90.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 225.00
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LOUIS-LÉON-CÉSAR FAIDHERBE, GALERIE CON160 - LOUIS-LÉON-CÉSAR FAIDHERBE, GALERIE CON
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He founded the French colonial empire in Africa-- a somewhat dubious distinction but of immense world-political importance. He was governor of Senegal
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MEDICAL FIGURES, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE161 - MEDICAL FIGURES, GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE
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A. Tardieu was a pathologist and specialist in forensic medicine. He was involved with many of the most lurid crimes of the period, and would be a gre
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 225.00 - 400.00
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PAINTER LÉON BONNAT, GALERIE CONTEMPORA162 - PAINTER LÉON BONNAT, GALERIE CONTEMPORA
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Of greatest interest to us is that he was the teacher of Georges Braques and Toulouse-Lautrec. 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" woodburytype on an imprinte...
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Start Price : 90.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 225.00
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DEGAS TEACHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY. GALERIE 163 - DEGAS TEACHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY. GALERIE
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This is Ludovic Lepic, an interesting artist who associated with the impressionists for a time. He was a close friend of Degas, and appears in a numbe
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
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SARAH BERNHARDT IN JEANNE DARC, NADAR164 - SARAH BERNHARDT IN JEANNE DARC, NADAR
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Sheet of 30 small contact prints by Nadar, 25 of them showing her in this role. Each carries a negative number. This is an illuminating insight into N
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Estimate : 100.00 - 275.00
Sold to floor for (405.00) = 405.00
 
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PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO. Alphonse NIEPCE 165 - PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO. Alphonse NIEPCE
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4 1/2" X 7 5/8" albumen print on a mount, signed on the lower right of the print in purple ink "A. Niepce/ 1866." This is Alphon...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 225.00 - 500.00
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SOLITUDE HEIDELBERG, PHOTOGRAPH  DISPLAY166 - SOLITUDE HEIDELBERG, PHOTOGRAPH DISPLAY
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This is the second rich albumen print from this series I've had. It was the solitary confinement room associated with a fencing fraternity at th...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 750.00 - 1,200.00
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OVERVIEW OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA167 - OVERVIEW OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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7 1/4" X 9 5/8" albumen print on mount. No. "318" in the negative, but no imprint. Needs to be dated by the information and by i...
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Estimate : 125.00 - 250.00
Sold to phosfer for (135.00 + 20.25BP) = 155.25
 
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CROW FOOT, SITTING BULLS SON, BY BARRY168 - CROW FOOT, SITTING BULLS SON, BY BARRY
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8" x 6" toned silver print on gray mount with "BARRY" blind stamp and imprinted title on mount. Probably taken at Fort Yates in ...
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Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
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TRADITIONAL CHINESE FAMILY, SAN FRANCIS169 - TRADITIONAL CHINESE FAMILY, SAN FRANCIS
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7 7/8" X 9 3/4" matte silver print on gray imprinted mount by T. B. L. Photo Studio, San Francisco-- address also given in Chinese and wit...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (570.00) = 570.00
 
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BLACK FUNERAL: ALABAMA JOE IN COFFIN170 - BLACK FUNERAL: ALABAMA JOE IN COFFIN
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8" x 10" toned matte silver print on gray mount. Dated Feb. 11, 1921, titled, and credited to "American Art Studio/ 1366 South St.&qu...
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JOSEPHINE BAKER, 2 PHOTO POSTCARDS171 - JOSEPHINE BAKER, 2 PHOTO POSTCARDS
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Close head and shoulder vignette by Henri Manuel for "A.N." Paris, and Baker in her Folies Bergére costume, by Waléry. Both unda...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 225.00 - 400.00
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BLACK YOUTH, NEWLY TAILORED DUDS172 - BLACK YOUTH, NEWLY TAILORED DUDS
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Photo postcard shows them modeling in front of Owen and Thomas tailor shop. Undamaged [3]
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Estimate : 75.00 - 175.00
Sold to esotericag.. for (75.00 + 11.25BP) = 86.25
 
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COLLECTION OF BLACK BOXERS, ENDORSED173 - COLLECTION OF BLACK BOXERS, ENDORSED
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17- toned silver prints, 9" x 5 1/2" to 10" x 8", mostly true glossy silver prints, endorsed in ink to the trainer Danny Allen a...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 850.00
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BOXER JACK DEMPSEY174 - BOXER JACK DEMPSEY
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6 1/2" x 5" vintage glossy silver print, without imprint. [3-]
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Estimate : 125.00 - 250.00
Sold to blindpirate for (125.00 + 18.75BP) = 143.75
 
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BOXING ACTION SCENE175 - BOXING ACTION SCENE
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8" X 10" glossy silver print by International News. I don't know the details, but this has a very dramatic rhythmic painterly quality....
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LA LUZ MINING AND TUNNEL CO., MEXICO176 - LA LUZ MINING AND TUNNEL CO., MEXICO
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Library bound book containing 119 brown matte silver prints by Horgan, Scranton, PA. Possibly there was some connection between the Scranton Coal mine
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Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
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16,000 MEN MAKE LAFAYETTE DIVISION SEAL177 - 16,000 MEN MAKE LAFAYETTE DIVISION SEAL
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12 1/2" x 10 1/2" gelatin silver print in frame, by Morrison. One of the most amazing of the WWI images formed by U.S. Soldiers, this is r...
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Estimate : 375.00 - 500.00
Sold to blindpirate for (375.00 + 56.25BP) = 431.25
 
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PANORAMA, LINDBERGH IN BROOKLYN178 - PANORAMA, LINDBERGH IN BROOKLYN
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9 1/2" high, 3 feet 8 3/4" wide gelatin silver print in wooden frame. Title in the negative: "Brooklyn's Welcome to Col. Chas. L...
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Estimate : 350.00 - 600.00
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KODAK BILLBOARD, POST-EARTHQUAKE SAN FR179 - KODAK BILLBOARD, POST-EARTHQUAKE SAN FR
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4 7/8" x 6 3/4" gelatin-silver print by Stanley Hoyt, with red N. S. Hoyt stamp on the verso, ca. 1910. Charming early camera illustration...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
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PACIFIC COAST CREDIT COMPANY, SAN FRANC180 - PACIFIC COAST CREDIT COMPANY, SAN FRANC
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Three 4 7/8" x 6 3/4" gelatin-silver prints by N. S. Hoyt, with his stamp on the verso. Aside from their visual charm, these billboard adv...
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 375.00 - 750.00
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POST-EARTHQUAKE SAN FRANCISCO BILLBOARD181 - POST-EARTHQUAKE SAN FRANCISCO BILLBOARD
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3 circa 1910 gelatin-silver photographs by N. S. Hoyt, with his stamp on the verso. One has an ad for Luxus Beer over a landscape with the words &qu...
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 375.00 - 750.00
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OUTDOOR FARM MACHINERY DISPLAY, L. ANGELES182 - OUTDOOR FARM MACHINERY DISPLAY, L. ANGELES
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Pair of rich 9 1/2" x 13" glossy gelatin silver prints. Unknown photographer, but stamp on the back for Keystone Photo Service, Los Angele...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 225.00 - 500.00
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UNION ASSEMBLY  1939 ARTHUR SIEGEL183 - UNION ASSEMBLY 1939 ARTHUR SIEGEL
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14" x 11 1/8" vintage glossy silver print. This is a variant of Siegel's photograph often called "Right of Assembly." With S...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
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NIGHT SCENE CHICAGO  GORDON COSTER184 - NIGHT SCENE CHICAGO GORDON COSTER
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Moody, dramatic night scene showing the Democratic Club of the 27th Ward. 11" x 14" gelatin silver print. Has Coster's initials in the...
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
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SOUPED UP CAR SAN FRANCISCO PHIL PALMER185 - SOUPED UP CAR SAN FRANCISCO PHIL PALMER
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14" x 11" glossy gelatin print with his Estate Stamp on the verso. 1956 photograph, printed later. Trivial light scratch from the top of t...
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 375.00 - 750.00
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ART DECO HAT STORE INTERIOR, MONTREAL186 - ART DECO HAT STORE INTERIOR, MONTREAL
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This is the main entrance to the Piko Hats Showroom on Peel Street. 7 ½" x 9 7/8" brown matte print, possibly platinum print, by Rice...
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Estimate : 125.00 - 250.00
Sold to phosfer for (135.00 + 20.25BP) = 155.25
 
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SOCIETY LADY IN LAVISH INTERIOR, signed BEATON187 - SOCIETY LADY IN LAVISH INTERIOR, signed BEATON
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5 ½" x 3 5/8" gelatin silver print on mat boldly signed in red "Beaton." I selected this from a group of photographs of the...
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Estimate : 225.00 - 350.00
Sold to camerachiara for (400.00 + 60.00BP) = 460.00
 
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CECIL BEATONS DAUGHTER AS OPHELIA. 188 - CECIL BEATONS DAUGHTER AS OPHELIA.
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10" x 7 7/8" glossy gelatin silver print. Label on verso indicates this is "Miss Nancy Beaton as 'Ophelia." The imprinted l...
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Estimate : 350.00 - 600.00
Sold to irishlass515 for (990.00 + 148.50BP) = 1,138.50
 
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PAINTER JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN189 - PAINTER JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN
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8 ½" x 6 3/8" gelatin silver print, no imprint. "Forin" in pen in lower right corner, recto. An exceptional portrait of an ...
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Estimate : 225.00 - 350.00
Sold to tenuvad for (300.00 + 45.00BP) = 345.00
 
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HELEN NEWINGTON WILLS, DOROTHY WILDING190 - HELEN NEWINGTON WILLS, DOROTHY WILDING
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Smashing 11 ½" x 8 ¾" velvety matte brownish gelatin silver print, mounted on tissue that is boldly signed by Wilding, itself mo...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
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VIEUX CARRE, NEW ORLEANS THOREK PAPER191 - VIEUX CARRE, NEW ORLEANS THOREK PAPER
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Brilliant 15" x 12 ¼" matte bromide [?] print by Dr. Max Thorek. The label on the back also has the initials "P.N." that in...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to bluebulldo.. for (2,100.00 + 315.00BP) = 2,415.00
 
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FRENCH-PORTUGUESE HAWAIAN WOMAN BY C.H.192 - FRENCH-PORTUGUESE HAWAIAN WOMAN BY C.H.
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12" x 10" olive-toned print ca. 1904, in original frame with Honolulu Art Shop label and "French Port" in pencil on the back, ...
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
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MAGNIFICENT LARGE CARL MO0N, COLORED, FRAME193 - MAGNIFICENT LARGE CARL MO0N, COLORED, FRAME
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This is "Megualito," a Navajo medicine man, whose original name was "Yah-otza-or "phtse" - begay." The print is 19 ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
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NAVAJO MOTHER AND CHILD BY CARL MOON194 - NAVAJO MOTHER AND CHILD BY CARL MOON
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This is a large 19 ½" x 15 ½" silver print in its original frame. The back of the frame has Moon's stenciled title and dedic...
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Start Price : 4,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
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LAGUNA GIRL, HAND COLORED BY CARL MOON195 - LAGUNA GIRL, HAND COLORED BY CARL MOON
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19" x 15 ½" silver print, hand-colored, in its original frame with a stenciled dedication by Moon on the verso. Her name is given as ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,000.00) = 4,000.00
 
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BROMOIL NUDE BY MAURICE UMMELS196 - BROMOIL NUDE BY MAURICE UMMELS
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This is a rare nude by the Belgian pictorialist. 4 ¼" x 6 ¼" luscious reddish brown bromoil print on matte textured paper on a t...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to maasai for (1,000.00 + 150.00BP) = 1,150.00
 
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EIGHT NUDE STUDIES BY DRTIKOL197 - EIGHT NUDE STUDIES BY DRTIKOL
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5 3/8" x 3 3/8" carte postale size, with his ""Bromografia" logo in the negative, and stamp on the verso. These don't h...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
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NUDE WITH STATUE, WILLY KESSELS, signed198 - NUDE WITH STATUE, WILLY KESSELS, signed
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A vintage Ca. 1930 matte print by the Belgian photographer. Signed in red pen on the verso. The juxtaposition of the figure and the statue gives this
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Start Price : 950.00 | Estimate : 950.00 - 1,500.00
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ADVERTISING COLLAGE BY WILLY KESSELS199 - ADVERTISING COLLAGE BY WILLY KESSELS
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Vintage 11 7/8" x 9 3/8" gelatin silver print on heavy paper, 1930's. Kessels' red stamp and a number on the verso. Advertisement ...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
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ADVERTISING COLLAGE, BASEBALL, GRANCEL 200 - ADVERTISING COLLAGE, BASEBALL, GRANCEL
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This ca. 1940's 14" x 12" matte silver print, a photo collage, has Fitz' s stamp on the verso. A striking shoe advertisement wit...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
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