Behind The Negative

Auction Details

The Maureen P. Sherlock Photography Collection.

Highlights Include:
Signed Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Historic India Travel Photo Album, Wilson Bentley Snowflake Photomicrograph, Charles Sumner Signed, Columbian Exposition Nude Tribal Girls with Rifles, Walking Billboard Banner Ladies, Byron Gurnsey The Crane Stereoview, Chess Playing Automaton, Jascha Heifetz Signed, Rose & Hopkins Ute Indians, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Signed, American Folk Art Whimsey Bottle Maker, Prince Ramahatra, Count Basie, Charles Darwin, Perry Bradford's Orchestra, Statue of Liberty Torch Stereoviews, LDS Three Witnesses, Andrew Carnegie, Child Birth Defects, Deaf and Blind, Cults, Salvation Army, Cowboys, The West, Indians, Town Criers, Chimney Sweeps, Presidents, Chicago History, Steamships, Organ Grinders, Pets, Post Mortem, Bicycle Racing, Motorcycles, Prosthetic Limbs, African American History, Jazz, Musicians, Occupational, Crossdressing, Gay Interest, Violinists, Merchants, Gypsies, Beggars, and much more

Day 2:
Highlights Include:

Rosetta Tharpe Black Gospel Singer Signed Postcards, Jascha Heifetz Soviet Violinist, Naval Brigade USS Omaha Portraits, Daniel Rose Folk Art Whimsey Carver, Scottish Whaling, Jennie Durkee Velocipede for Ladies, Carl Moon Venturo of Taos, Illinios Patriotic Lady Liberty, Frontiersman with Sharps Rifle, Joseph Hollman Cellist, Bunnell Nez Perce Indians, Elephantine Colossus of Atlantic City, Richard C Craven Pop Art, Carmen Miranda, Civil War Musicians, Steamships, Native American Indians, Black Jazz History, Circus, Musicians, Bands, Stereoviews, Tintypes, Cabinet Photos, Folk Art, Occupational, Chinese Executions, WW2 Concentration Camps, Japanese Deceased Soldiers, and much more
A bid placed on our auctions is a legal contract – it cannot be revoked or cancelled for any reason. By registering for our auctions, you grant us permission to waive your right to execute any chargebacks against our company for any reason. Auctions will be sold with and without reserve. If a lot contains a reserve price, it will be clearly noted in the corresponding catalog. All items are sold as is, where is with no guarantees expressed or implied.
ALL SHIPPING IS HANDLED IN HOUSE.
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Little Alan Old Horn Old Tobacco Crow Indian Photo776 - Little Alan Old Horn Old Tobacco Crow Indian Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 3 1/2". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burgess builder of the Burgess Baptist...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Pole Vaulting Action Photos776 - Pole Vaulting Action Photos
Davis Brothers Auction
5" by 7"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 35.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Bingham & Gable Vaudeville Cabinet Photo777 - Bingham & Gable Vaudeville Cabinet Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Margaret Rebecca Gable Bingham was a Mississippi native who married Austin Hiram Bingham. 6" by 8".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Encampment Little Horn River Montana Photo777 - Crow Encampment Little Horn River Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 4 1/2". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burgess builder of the Burgess Baptist...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Fair Crow Agency Montana Photo778 - Crow Fair Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Crow Fair 1920s. 2 1/2" by 3 1/2". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burges...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Lillian Sieger Coronet Player Signed Cabinet Photo778 - Lillian Sieger Coronet Player Signed Cabinet Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Harry Bryant's Extravaganza Company. 6" by 9". A nice early vaudeville image.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Larry Karns Columbus Ohio Conductor Photo779 - Larry Karns Columbus Ohio Conductor Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Wisconsin Patriotic Parade Float Photo779 - Wisconsin Patriotic Parade Float Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
14" by 9 1/2".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Reno Day School Crow Indian Children Montana Photo780 - Reno Day School Crow Indian Children Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Indian Children outside school on Crow Rez, so they wouldn't be sent to boarding school, where so many died. 3 1/4" by 5 3/8...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
Details...Bookmark
B.B. King Blues Musician Photo780 - B.B. King Blues Musician Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Abbey Lincoln Jazz Vocalist Photo781 - Abbey Lincoln Jazz Vocalist Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
Details...Bookmark
row Indian and YMCA Boy Crow Agency Montana Photo781 - row Indian and YMCA Boy Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Crow Indian about 1913, One of the YMCA Boys. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, da...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Indians Crow Agency Montana Photo782 - Crow Indians Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burgess builder of the Burgess Baptist...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Milt Jackson Vibraphone Jazz Artist Photo782 - Milt Jackson Vibraphone Jazz Artist Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
7" by 10 1/2".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Cousin Fuzzy and His Cousins WBAY Polka Photo783 - Cousin Fuzzy and His Cousins WBAY Polka Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10". Polka band from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Broke up in 1962.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Boys at Reno School Crow Agency Montana Photo783 - Crow Boys at Reno School Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burgess builder of the Burgess Baptist...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Indian Children Burgess Days Montana Photo784 - Crow Indian Children Burgess Days Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Crow Indian Children during Burgess Days. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4" Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughte...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Hazel Scott Signed Jazz Photo784 - Hazel Scott Signed Jazz Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10" Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was an American jazz and classical pianist and singer. An outspoken ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 190.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Lena Horne Civil Rights Activist Actress Photo785 - Lena Horne Civil Rights Activist Actress Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10". Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Airing a Tipi Crow Agency Montana Photo785 - Airing a Tipi Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Airing a Tipi Montana 1920s near Crow Agency. 2 1/2" by 4 3/8". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, da...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Maude in the Door Ellen Fire Bear Crow Photo786 - Maude in the Door Ellen Fire Bear Crow Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Maude in the Door, and Ellen Fire Bear. Crow Children by Crow School on the Rez. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4" Provenance: Aline Natalie...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Mike Montgomery Ragtime Pianist Photo786 - Mike Montgomery Ragtime Pianist Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Reginald R. Robinson Jazz Ragtime Pianist787 - Reginald R. Robinson Jazz Ragtime Pianist
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Little Anita in the Door Crow Agency Montana Photo787 - Little Anita in the Door Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on the Back: Little Anita in the Door with her doll. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4" Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daugh...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Drying Meat Crow Agency Montana Photo788 - Drying Meat Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Drying Meat Crow Agency Montana, Crow Indian Reservation. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Eubie Blake Jazz Ragtime Pianist Photo788 - Eubie Blake Jazz Ragtime Pianist Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10". James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragti...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
Details...Bookmark
B.B. King Blues Musician Photo789 - B.B. King Blues Musician Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Tipi Closed Door Crow Agency Montana Photo789 - Crow Tipi Closed Door Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Crow Tipi showing closed door a sign family is away. 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angel...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Children Reno Day School Montana Photo790 - Crow Children Reno Day School Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 4" Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burgess builder of the Burgess Baptist Chur...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
Details...Bookmark
B.B. King Blues Musician Photo790 - B.B. King Blues Musician Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Odetta Holmes Civil Rights Activist Singer Photo791 - Odetta Holmes Civil Rights Activist Singer Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Shinney Game Crow Indians Montana Photo791 - Shinney Game Crow Indians Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Shinney Game on Open Prairie, a game somewhat like hockey men and women participated about 1913. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenan...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Rosa Bompard Bird Florence Medicine Tail Photo792 - Rosa Bompard Bird Florence Medicine Tail Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Rosa Bompard Florence Medicine Tail 1912. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daught...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 85.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Koko Taylor Signed Photo792 - Koko Taylor Signed Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10" Koko Taylor (born Cora Ann Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American singer whose style encompassed Chica...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 65.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Odetta Holmes Civil Rights Activist Singer Photo793 - Odetta Holmes Civil Rights Activist Singer Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Reno Day School Crow Indian Agency Montana Photo793 - Reno Day School Crow Indian Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Reno Mission Day School at noon break about 1913. Reno (about 10 miles from Crow Agency it was below the part of the Custer Battlefield
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Indians Crow Agency Montana Photos794 - Crow Indians Crow Agency Montana Photos
Davis Brothers Auction
Pair of images. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burgess builder of the...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Brownie McGhee Blues Singer Photo794 - Brownie McGhee Blues Singer Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10". Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues s...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 35.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Smokey Robinson Motown Records Photo795 - Smokey Robinson Motown Records Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
7" by 9". William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Talks Everything Reno Church Crow Agency Photo795 - Talks Everything Reno Church Crow Agency Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Talks Everything (his name) Reno Church behind him. 2 3/4" by 4 1/2". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angel...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Fanny Florence Medicine Tail Crow Montana Photo796 - Fanny Florence Medicine Tail Crow Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: Fanny and Florence Medicine Tail with blankets rolled up for dolls. Two of the older girls in the Reno day school. 2 1/2" by 4 1...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Stevie Wonder Pianist Photo796 - Stevie Wonder Pianist Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
8" by 10"
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Salvation Army Brass Bandsman Cabinet Card Photo797 - Salvation Army Brass Bandsman Cabinet Card Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
4" by 6 1/2". Instrument is a cornet.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Floy and Ida May Crow Agency Montana Photo797 - Floy and Ida May Crow Agency Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 3 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burgess Claremont Los Angeles, daughter of James Gregor Burgess builder of the Burgess Baptist...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Crow Encampment Little Horn River Montana Photo798 - Crow Encampment Little Horn River Montana Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Title on Back: A Crow encampment near the Little Horn river near Little Big Horn River. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4". Provenance: Aline Natalie Burges...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Late 19th Century String Band Photograph798 - Late 19th Century String Band Photograph
Davis Brothers Auction
5 1/2" by 6 1/2".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Early 20th Century Jazz Band Photograph799 - Early 20th Century Jazz Band Photograph
Davis Brothers Auction
7" by 5".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Virginia City Montana RPPC Postcards799 - Virginia City Montana RPPC Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
The collection includes various mechanical musical instruments, such as a player piano or "orchestrion" and a "Graphophone" with...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
RPPC Postcards Featuring Gramophone Phonographs800 - RPPC Postcards Featuring Gramophone Phonographs
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Ruth Etting Signed Photograph800 - Ruth Etting Signed Photograph
Davis Brothers Auction
Includes newspaper clippings about Ruth. Ruth Etting was an American singer and actress during the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
Details...Bookmark