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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
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Ethel Waters Jazz Singer Signed Photo801 - Ethel Waters Jazz Singer Signed Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
5" by 7". Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage an...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 95.00
 
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Bemidji Minnesota Babe Blue Ox RPPC Postcards801 - Bemidji Minnesota Babe Blue Ox RPPC Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Western Country Music Musicians RPPC Postcards802 - Western Country Music Musicians RPPC Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
 
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Accordion Player Occupational Cabinet Card Photo802 - Accordion Player Occupational Cabinet Card Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
4" by 6 1/2". Photo taken by W. Wollensak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
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The White Diamonds Jazz Band Signed Photo803 - The White Diamonds Jazz Band Signed Photo
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6" by 8 1/2". Signed and autographed.
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Underwater Mountain Florida RPPC Postcards803 - Underwater Mountain Florida RPPC Postcards
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Weekiwachee Springs Florida.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Pianos and Roll Organs RPPC Postcards804 - Pianos and Roll Organs RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Women Reading Black Minstrel Sheet Music Photo804 - Women Reading Black Minstrel Sheet Music Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
6 1/2" by 5 1/2". Women are reading All Coons Look Alike to Me.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Occupational Female Musicians Cabinet Photo805 - Occupational Female Musicians Cabinet Photo
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4" by 6 1/2". Photo was taken by Warmbold Studio in Chicago. One woman is shown playing a mandolin and they other is playing a table top z...
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G.H. Sergio 1987 Color Stereoviews805 - G.H. Sergio 1987 Color Stereoviews
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Unusual color patriotic stereoviews.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Korczak Ziolkowski Crazy Horse RPPC Postcards806 - Korczak Ziolkowski Crazy Horse RPPC Postcards
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Korczak Ziolkowski (September 6, 1908 – October 20, 1982) was an American artist and sculptor known for designing the Crazy Horse Memorial.
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Occupational Double Trumpet Musician Cabinet Photo806 - Occupational Double Trumpet Musician Cabinet Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
4" by 6 1/2". The back reads Man of the Trump Family, relative of uncle Frey Xander. Photographer is B. Frank Saylor of Lancaster Pennsylv...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Crabby Joes Oakland California Photo807 - Crabby Joes Oakland California Photo
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7" by 5". Oakland, California.
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Jazz Orchestra Band Postcards807 - Jazz Orchestra Band Postcards
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Joe E Lewis, Della Reese, Herbie Mintz, Jan Scobey and her Dixie Cats.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
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Dr. Palmer Little Bit o Heaven RPPC Postcards808 - Dr. Palmer Little Bit o Heaven RPPC Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping
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1935 Buddy Reynolds Orchestra Photo808 - 1935 Buddy Reynolds Orchestra Photo
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7" by 5".
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
 
 
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Coronet Player Occupational Tintype Photo809 - Coronet Player Occupational Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 7/8".
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards809 - Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice set of 7 monument postcards. Includes some images of studio models by the Rise Studio.
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Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards810 - Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Occupational Mandolin Player Cabinet Photo810 - Occupational Mandolin Player Cabinet Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/4" by 3 1/4". Man is pictured playing the mandolin reading sheet music.
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Occupational Double Horn Musician Tintype Photo811 - Occupational Double Horn Musician Tintype Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 4".
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Crazy Horse Monument Construction Postcards811 - Crazy Horse Monument Construction Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 15.00
 
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Show Boat Steamer Steamship Jazz Handbills812 - Show Boat Steamer Steamship Jazz Handbills
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping. Quite a few are advertising Jazz.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
 
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Occupational Musicians Tintype Photo812 - Occupational Musicians Tintype Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/4" by 3 1/2". Musicians are shown with a tuba and a cornet.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Occupational Musicians Tintype Photo813 - Occupational Musicians Tintype Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/4" by 3 1/4". Musicians are shown posing with a violin and a cornet.
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Professor Auguste & Jean Piccard Stereoviews813 - Professor Auguste & Jean Piccard Stereoviews
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G. Lewis Photographer, taken in 1933. Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Concert Band Musician RPPC Postcards814 - Concert Band Musician RPPC Postcards
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Frank Simon, Jaroslav Cimera, Arthur Pryor, Clarence Neely.
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Occupational Musician Cornet Tintype Photo814 - Occupational Musician Cornet Tintype Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/4" by 3 1/4". Child is shown posing with an over the shoulder cornet. Early 20th Century.
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Occupational Musicians Tintype Photo815 - Occupational Musicians Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 1/4".
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Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards815 - Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards816 - Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping
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The Original Happy Serenaders Band Photo816 - The Original Happy Serenaders Band Photo
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3 1/4" by 2 1/4". Dated November 25th, 1925. Gaylord Minnesota.
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Cornet Musician Occupational CDV Photo817 - Cornet Musician Occupational CDV Photo
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2 1/2" by 4". Card was produced by H.B Hull at the Paragon Art Gallery in Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards817 - Mount Rushmore Construction RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Sold to floor for 65.00
 
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Occupational Brass Band Musicians RPPC Postcards818 - Occupational Brass Band Musicians RPPC Postcards
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice grouping
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Charley E. Hill Jeweler Occupational CDV Photo818 - Charley E. Hill Jeweler Occupational CDV Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Rare image featuring a Pocket Watch.
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Fiske Rotary Cornet Occupational CDV Photo819 - Fiske Rotary Cornet Occupational CDV Photo
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2 1/2" by 4". Photo was taken by M.D. Blair.
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Elephantine Colossus Coney Island Cabinet Photo819 - Elephantine Colossus Coney Island Cabinet Photo
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The Elephantine Colossus (also known as the Colossal Elephant or the Elephant Colossus, or by its function as the Elephant Hotel) was a tourist attrac
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
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Occupational Band Orchestra RPPC Postcards820 - Occupational Band Orchestra RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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The Sympathy Boys Jazz Band RPPC Postcard820 - The Sympathy Boys Jazz Band RPPC Postcard
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1928
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The Sympathy Boys Jazz Band RPPC Postcard821 - The Sympathy Boys Jazz Band RPPC Postcard
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5 1/2" by 3 1/2". Real photo postcard depicts a four-piece jazz band consisting of a pianist, violinist, saxophonist, and banjo player.
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Antique Japanese Woodblock Print Postcards821 - Antique Japanese Woodblock Print Postcards
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One by Benten & Co Embroideries.
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Ogata Korin Japanese Woodblock Print822 - Ogata Korin Japanese Woodblock Print
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Heron Flying above Raging Waves. 3 3/4" by 5 3/4".
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WW Kimball Piano Company Trade Cards822 - WW Kimball Piano Company Trade Cards
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4" by 2 7/8". Founded in Chicago in 1857 by William Wallace Kimball, the company became one of the largest piano manufacturers in the world.
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Occupational Cornet Musicians Tintype Photo823 - Occupational Cornet Musicians Tintype Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
3" by 3 1/4".
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Shiro Kasamatsu Tokyo Tower Woodblock Print823 - Shiro Kasamatsu Tokyo Tower Woodblock Print
Davis Brothers Auction
3 3/4" by 5 3/4".
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
 
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Scottish Whaling Whalers Cabinet Photo824 - Scottish Whaling Whalers Cabinet Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
An extremely rare and unusual image. G.F. Roger Photographer, Broughty Ferry Scotland.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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Occupational Cornet Musician Tintype Photo824 - Occupational Cornet Musician Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 7/8".
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
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Joseph Manton Smith Cornet CDV Photo825 - Joseph Manton Smith Cornet CDV Photo
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2 1/4" by 4". Baptist preacher Joseph Manton-Smith (1844-1900) with his silver cornet.A personal friend of the Reverend Charles Haddon Spu...
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Johnny Hughes Pugilist Boxing Photo825 - Johnny Hughes Pugilist Boxing Photo
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Scarce image. Johnny Hughes (1883–1953), a prominent figure in British boxing history who was a contemporary and peer of Max Schmeling. Boxin
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