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CURTIS, EDWARD S.
Original glass plate interpositive prepared by Curtis for the printing of The North American Indian. Curtis, 1924
This is a splendid original glass plate made for Edward Curtis’s The North American Indian, the greatest photographic work on Native Americans. Curtis, one of the greatest American artists of his era, was the most celebrated photographer of North American Indians.
$35,000
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WEED, CHARLES LEANDER
Sentinel Rock, 3270 Feet High. San Francisco, 1864
This spectacular view shows Sentinel Rock towering above a rider on horseback in a well-lit clearing.
$25,000
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Robertson, James and Felice & Antonio Beato
The Temple Mount, Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1857
This landmark two-part view of the Temple Mount is one of the very earliest multi-part panoramic photographs of Jerusalem.
$25,000
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SAN FRANCISCO
Buildings of [the] Fair Heirs in San Francisco. Original photographs of the pre-earthquake real estate holdings of the heirs of James Graham Fair.. San Francisco, 1901-1905
A real estate tycoon’s San Francisco: this album documents approximately forty downtown San Francisco real estate holdings of the heirs of real estate, silver, and railroad magnate James Graham Fair. This album belonged to Fair’s daughter Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt, first wife of William K. Vanderbilt II.
$22,000
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THOMSON, JOHN
King of Siam’s State Barge. Bangkok, c. 1865
This is a magnificent two-panel view of the king’s barge on the water, with dozens of oarsmen ready to put their paddles in to the water. The king’s ornate covered throne is at the rear of the vessel. The riverbank in the background is crowded with low thatched roof buildings.
$15,000
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(ARCHITECTURE)
Photographic album of Gothic architecture and proposed designs for the Royal Courts of Justice, London. Various places, 1868-70
This splendid album contains 120 fine medium and large format photographs of Gothic and High Victorian Gothic architecture.
$12,000
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(PHOTOGRAPHS) Christie, Manson & Woods
Catalogue of the celebrated collection of works of art and vertu known as “The Vienna Museum,” the property of Messrs. Lowenstein Brothers, of Frankfort-on-the-Main. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1860
This important volume is “the earliest photographically illustrated auction catalogue” (Gernsheim, Incunabula, 122). It contains 36 photographs on salted paper by Hermann Emden of Frankfurt.
$12,000
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LANGENHEIM, WILLIAM AND FREDERICK
Calotype of Water Tower. Philadelphia, 1849
This important survival of American photographic history is a very early calotype of a water tower in Philadelphia. Paper photography from this era is a rarity and the image was created by two of America’s great photographic pioneers, the Langenheim brothers.
$11,000
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BARBOZA, ANTHONY (PAT EVANS)
Black Beauty / Model Pat Evans. New York, 1970s, printed 2012
This is a splendid Anthony Barboza portrait of Pat Evans, the celebrated 1970s model, designer, and icon of Black beauty.
$6,500
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(CONEY ISLAND.) STACY, CHARLES
Coney Island Panorama. Brooklyn, 1907
This is a splendid panorama of Coney Island taken in 1907.
$4,500