Catalog - IMAGES & OBJECTS: PHOTOGRAPHS & PHOTOBOOKS

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1: (VICTORIANA) Beautiful half-plate daguerreotype of family members in mourning, in which they are posed with a painting of the deceased.

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,500

Passed

2: (MEDICAL) Sixth-plate copy daguerreotype of the remarkable American surgeon and professor Dr. Valentine Mott (1785-1865).

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold:$2,750

3: (CIRCLE OF ANNA ATKINS) Adiantum Capillis-Veneris, Madeira, from the Hatton Fern Album.

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500

Sold:$4,500

4: FÉLIX TEYNARD (1817-1892) Sébôuah, Temple - Vue Générale du Pylône, Nubie.

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500

Sold:$3,000

5: (WEAPONS) Delicately gilted and hand-tinted sixth-plate ambrotype of a heavily armed, possibly Confederate, figure proudly posing with

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold:$6,750

6: ALEXANDER GARDNER (1821-1882) Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg.

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500

Sold:$4,500

8: (BRADY STUDIO) Portrait of Maximilian I during his short-lived reign as Emperor of Mexico.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Passed

9: WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON (1843-1942) Pike's Peak & Garden of the Gods * Cathedral Spires, Garden of the Gods.

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800

Sold:$845

10: EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 60 plates from Animal Locomotion.

Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000

Sold:$45,000

11: EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Woman walking, plate 40 from Animal Locomotion.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold:$1,000

12: EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Woman walking up a plank, plate 79 from Animal Locomotion.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Passed

13: EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Man throwing a ball, plate 313 from Animal Locomotion.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Passed

14: EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Shoeing a horse, plate 508 from Animal Locomotion (reversed).

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold:$2,750

15: CHARLES LEANDER WEED (1824-1903) The Fallen Tree Hercules, 325 Feet Long.

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,500

Passed

16: WILLIAM H. RAU (1855-1920) The Lion.

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,500

Sold:$4,750

17: WILLIAM BRADFORD (1823-1892) The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland.

Estimate: $100,000 - $150,000

Passed

18: ALEXANDRE BOUGAULT (active 1890s-1910s) Selection of 47 orientalist photographs of Algeria.

Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000

Sold:$11,700

19: (TRAVEL--EGYPT AND ITALY) A personally compiled and hand-crafted album containing approximately 94 beautiful photographs of the Middle

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold:$1,375

20: (ALGERIA) An album entitled Algerie, with 50 professional photographs, several by the Leroux studio.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold:$2,470

21: KUSAKABE KIMBEI (1841-1934) An album with 49 unusually fine Japanese scenes, including sumo wrestlers, tattooed men, tradesmen, beautif

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500

Sold:$5,200