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This is an offering of carefully selected material covering the range of photographic imagery from daguerreotypes to late 20th Century. In our advertising we indicate that we present "Photographic Surprises—The intersection of art and history in photographs." I hope you will agree that we have succeeded here. Most bids are less than $5000, which is the LOWEST estimate level accepted for some of the major auction houses. So we don't aim to break world records for the top-selling photographs [though Be-hold has raised the bar for some types of material.] Yet everything here is worthy of attention, including those things—and there are several—that start out below $100. The organization of the catalog by types of photograph serves two purposes. There are those collectors who ONLY collect a certain type of image, and this will facilitate their finding material of interest. But also we hope to make the selections within a certain category interesting, at least to look through and read about, to those who only collect another type of material.
As I write this, the printed catalog is at the printer, and I have just reviewed the proofs. I'm moved by how the printed catalog presents the material with the juxtapositions and emphases that have guided me in the selection of the material. I urge those who are not yet subscribers to subscribe—you will be surprised by how differently the overall presentation of material seems in that other mode, and the catalog is also something to save and refer to after the auction is long over. This web site is primarily designed to offer a clear view of each lot. But I am also moved by the juxtaposition of the colored print of the Indian and the daguerreotype of the woman holding the daguerreotype of her husband, on the home page. So I guess the full appreciation is gained by the catalog AND the web presentation. |
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Categories:
Daguerreotypes
Lots 1 to 20
Ambrotypes
Lots 21 to 31
Tintypes
Lots 32 to 35
Union Cases
Lots 36 to 42
Cartes de Visite
Lots 43 to 72
Cabinet Cards, Boudoir
& Larger Card-Mounted
Lots 73 to 93
Stereo Views
Lots 94 to 125
Other Photographs
Lots 126 to 213
Itemized Index:
Some (and only some) Photographers
aubert, francois 126
bing, ilse 209
bourke-white, margaret 176, 180
bourne, samuel 127
brandt, bill 193
brehme, hugo 132 & 134, 136
brassai 190, 191
coster, gordon 202, 203
curtis, e. s. 140, 149 - 152
custis, eleanor parke 129
engel, morris 199
fink, larry 208
fredricks, c.d. 47 - 50
freund, gisele 185, 194
heyn brothers, 148
hine, lewis 173 - 175
hujar, peter 204
liebling, jerome 201
mccartney, linda 213
meyerowitz, joel 207
moon, carl 155 - 157
muray, nikolas 186
muybridge, eadweard 122
pfahl, john 210, 211, 212
rinehart, f. r. 118, 143 - 147
rauschenberg, robert 205, 206
saunders, j 131
stoddard, seneca ray 93
throssel, richard 153, 154
ulmann, doris 187, 196, 197
van der zee, james 195
von gloeden, baron 169 - 171
webb, todd 198
winogrand, garry 200
Some Subjects
american indian: 28, 85 & 92,
115, 116, 118, 119, 142 & 159
art: 77, 101, 190 - 192
black history & culture:
29, 46, 113, 114, 198 & 199
canada:
56 & 58, 103, 111, 160, 161
civil war: 27, 44 & 46, 105
literature: 74 & 76, 193, 194
mexico, central & s. america:
83, 126, 132 - 138
photography:
1, 21, 22, 47 & 50, 54 & 56, 73,
95, 98, 99, 117, 139, 178
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