Swann Galleries: Photographic Literature & Photographs, 1864,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 15, 2000 - June 15, 2000
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | TECHNICAL | Photographic Optics; including the description of Lenses and Enlarging Apparatus | London | 1867 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 126.00 |
| 200 | TECHNICAL | Photographie im Wandel der Zeiten | Amsterdam | 1963 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 201 | TECHNICAL | Group of 9 books relating to the technical aspects of photography | Vp | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 138.00 | |
| 202 | TRADE CATALOGUES | Group of 11 Eastman Kodak Company publi cations | Rochester | 1910s-20s |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 115.00 |
| 203 | TRADE CATALOGUES | Group of 12 French photographic supply cat alogues | Vp | 1936-51 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 204 | T. J. Maloney | U. S. CAMERA. Group of 8 non-consecutive annuals. | New York | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 205 | ULMANN, DORIS | Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands, A Book on Rural Arts | New York | 1937 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 206 | VAN DER ELSKEN, ED | Hallo! | Bussum | 1978 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 201.00 |
| 207 | VAN DER ELSKEN, ED | Liebe in Saint Germain des Pres | Hamburg | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 161.00 | |
| 208 | VAN VECHTEN, CARL | Portraits, The Photography of Carl Van Vechten | New York | 1978 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 161.00 |
| 209 | VERGER, PIERRE | Group of 3 travel volumes | Paris | 1949 1950 1951 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 138.00 |
| 210 | WAGSTAFF, SAMUEL | A Book of Photographs from the Collection of Sam Wagstaff | New York | 1978 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 103.00 |
| 211 | WEBER, BRUCE | Bruce Weber | New York | 1989 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 258.00 |
| 212 | WEBER, BRUCE | Gentle Giants, A Book of Newfoundlands | New York | 1994 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 460.00 |
| 213 | WEBER, BRUCE | O Rio de Janeiro | New York | 1986 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 517.00 |
| 214 | WEEGEE | Naked City * Weegee's Creative Camera | Cincinnati, New York | 1945 1959 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 215 | WEEGEE | Weegee's People | New York | 1946 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 216 | WESTON, EDWARD | 50 Photographs | New York | 1947 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 431.00 |
| 217 | WESTON, EDWARD | California and the West | New York | 1940 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 80.00 |
| 218 | WESTON, EDWARD | Edward Weston: Fifty Years | Millerton | 1973 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 219 | WESTON, EDWARD | Edward Weston, Photographer: The Flame of Recognition | New York | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 220 | WESTON, EDWARD | My Camera on Point Lobos | Boston | 1950 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 |
| 221 | WESTON, EDWARD | The Photographs of Edward Weston | New York | 1946 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 |
| 222 | WINOGRAND, GARRY | Figments from the Real World | New York | 1990 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 223 | WITKIN, JOEL-PETER | Joel-Peter Witkin | Madrid | 1989 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 172.00 |
| 224 | ABBE, JAMES | Dancer with bowl of apples | 1920s |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 225 | ADAMS, ANSEL | Untitled (Windows) | 1950s(?) |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 747.00 | |
| 226 | AFRICA | Group of 54 photographs of the Congo and Rhodesia | Circa | 1900 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 431.00 |
| 227 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS | Called | 1898 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 228 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS | Carte-de-visite of The Carolina Singers | 1860s |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 229 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS | Carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth | 1860s |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,220.00 | |
| 230 | ALASKA | Pair of photographs depicting an Eskimo seal hunting expedition on the ice with harpoon and kayak | Circa | 1910 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 575.00 |
| 231 | ALBOK, JOHN | King on his trone [sic] * Man with boxes on street | 1930s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 690.00 | |
| 232 | ALLEN, ALBERT ARTHUR | The Female Figure, Series I, Technical Edition | 1923 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,265.00 | |
| 233 | ALLEN, ALBERT ARTHUR | Group of 6 (of 10) photographs from The Boudoir, Series No. 1. | Circa | 1924 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 234 | ALLEN, ALBERT ARTHUR, attributed to | Group of 10 female nude stud ies | 1920s |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | 488.00 | |
| 235 | ALPERT, MAX | Fergana Grand Canal | 1939 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 862.00 | |
| 236 | AMBROTYPES | Presentation frame containing 12 hand-tinted sixth-plate ambrotypes of children, including one of a young girl holding a doll; | 1850s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 237 | AMERICANA | An abundant assemblage of Americana comprising over 1600 small format photographs | 1940s-50s |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 4,370.00 | |
| 238 | AMERICANA | A Living Flag. | 1917 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 431.00 | |
| 239 | AMERICANA | Group of 23 photographs of electrical signs employed by American merchants | 1920s |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 1,380.00 | |
| 240 | ATGET, EUGÈNE/ABBOTT, BERENICE | Magasin, avenue des Gobelins * Marchand de vin, 15 rue Boyer. | 1925 1911 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,265.00 | |
| 241 | AUTOMOBILES | Group of 11 photographs relating to automobiles and the automotive industry featuring pictures of the Ford Motor Co.'s oper ations | 1920s |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 242 | AVIATION | Group of over 70 photographs of Air Force bombers and other aircraft | 1937-53 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | 402.00 | |
| 243 | AWNINGS | American album containing 29 photographs of canvas awnings installed by the T. Irwin Wiley Co | 1920s |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 | |
| 244 | BASEBALL | Tintype depicting a group of 4 young men dressed for a game of baseball and proudly posing with an elderly man (their manager?) | 1877 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 575.00 | |
| 245 | BASEBALL | Group portrait of the 1910 National League champion Chicago Cubs | 1910 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 805.00 | |
| 246 | THE BEATLES | Group of 8 classic images of the Fab Four at the peak of their popularity | 1964-69 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | 345.00 | |
| 247 | BEATON, CECIL, attributed to | Portrait of Carmel Snow | 1940s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 248 | BEATON, CECIL | Viva | 1969 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 488.00 | |
| 249 | BECKER, MURRAY | Hindenberg disaster, Lakehurst, N. J | 1937 |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 250 | BERMAN, ZEKE | Measuring cup | 1979 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 690.00 | |
| 251 | BERMUDA | Group of 4 photographs depicting the lovely island and people of Bermuda | 1880s |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 431.00 | |
| 253 | BLANC, THEO/DEMILLY, ANTOINE | Tree trunk | Circa | 1930 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 254 | BLOSSFELDT, KARL | First Forms of Art, Part I, Plant Forms [Forty Double Plates] | Philadelphia | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 255 | BODINE, A. AUBREY | Spider web | 1940s |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 256 | BOGARDUS, ABRAHAM | Studio portrait of the photographer Abraham Bogardus | 1860s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 | |
| 257 | BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET | Twelve Soviet Photo-Prints | Np | 1930s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 258 | BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET | Group of 3 photographs of Bourke- White's murals at the NBC studios in New York | 1934 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 259 | BRAUN, ADOLPHE | Hiker with snow-capped Matterhorn reflecting in a lake | 1860s |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 260 | BUFFALO BILL | A wonderful image of Buffalo Bill Cody posed beside an Over-land Mail wagon filled to the brim with amused passengers | 1904 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 862.00 | |
| 261 | CALIFORNIA | Accordion-fold 12-part panorama of the Invader Oil Company's operations outside of Los Angeles | 1910s |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,610.00 | |
| 262 | CALIFORNIA | Group of approximately 60 images of California | 1880s-90s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 690.00 | |
| 263 | CALIFORNIA | Pair of albums containing 160 snapshots of California, the first including views of the earthquake damage in San Jacinto | 1890S-1906 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 264 | CALIFORNIA | Snapshot album containing approximately 100 pho tographs of the San Francisco earthquake | 1906 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 402.00 | |
| 265 | CAMERA WORK | Group of 14 plates from | 1903-1911 |
USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | 3,910.00 | |
| 266 | CARTES-DE-VISITE | Album containing 20 seasonal summertime images of the good life in New England by Black & Case | 1860s |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 267 | CARTES-DE-VISITE | Photographer Georg E. Hansen standing next to a large solar enlarger | 1860s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 316.00 | |
| 268 | (CASED IMAGES.) CHILDREN | Charming half-plate ambrotype of blonde-tressed sisters dressed in identical polka dot dresses; | 1850s |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 269 | (CASED IMAGES.) CHILDREN | Seinfeldesque sixth-plate ambrotype of a young girl who appears to be picking her nose | 1850s |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 270 | (CASED IMAGES.) CHILDREN | Group of 4 portraits of little girls and their playthings | 1850s-60s |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 690.00 | |
| 271 | (CASED IMAGES.) CHILDREN | Group of 13 cased images of children com prising 9 daguerreotypes (one quarter-plate, 5 sixth-plates and 3 ninth-plates) and 4 ambrotypes (2 sixth-plates and 2 ninth-plates) and including a young girl holding the hand of her younger brother; a portrait of | 1850s |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 575.00 | |
| 272 | (CASED IMAGES.) CIVIL WAR | Ninth-plate ambrotype portrait of a intense-looking Union soldier posing in his kepi; | Early | 1860s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 273 | (CASED IMAGES.) DOGS | Half-plate ambrotype of a photogenic pooch | Probably English | mid 1850s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 488.00 |
| 274 | (CASED IMAGES.) DOGS | Sixth-plate daguerreotype of a woman and her feisty little canine; | Circa | 1850 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | 345.00 |
| 275 | (CASED IMAGES.) EQUESTRIAN | Sixth-plate ambrotype of a young man proudly sitting astride his white stallion; | Late | 1850s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 402.00 |
| 276 | (CASES IMAGES.) MEDICAL | Sixth-plate ambrotype of a sad young man with swollen hands, propped up in bed, holding a small book against his chest; | Mid 1850s |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 277 | (CASED IMAGES.) MILITARY | Oval sixth-plate daguerreotype of a French officer with his sword; | Circa | 1850 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 |
| 278 | (CASED IMAGES.) MISCELLANEOUS | Group of 6 cased images including a daguerreian locket | 1850s-60s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 402.00 | |
| 279 | (CASED IMAGES.) OCCUPATIONALS | Sixth-plate ambrotype of a carpenter in formal dress proudly displaying the tools of his trade; | 1860s |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 690.00 | |
| 280 | (CASED IMAGES.) OUTDOOR SCENE | Charming quarter-plate outdoor daguerreotype portrait of 3 children | Circa | 1846 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 |
| 281 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Affectionate sixth-plate daguerreotype study of brothers | 1850s |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 282 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Charming half-plate ambrotype portrait of a mother and daughter; | 1850s |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | |
| 283 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Framed presentation display containing 6 ambrotypes and 32 tintypes | 1860s |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 575.00 | |
| 284 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Full-plate ambrotype portrait of a pensive man resting his arm on a pile of books | 1860s |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 460.00 | |
| 285 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Half-plate daguerreotype full-length por trait of a beguiling woman | 1850s |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 286 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Large half-plate daguerreotype portrait of a mustachioed gentleman; | 1850s |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 287 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Maternal sixth-plate daguerreotype of a Latin American(?) mother holding her baby girl | 1850s |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 288 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Quarter-plate ambrotype of a bearded man bedecked in Arabic garb; | 1858 |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 289 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Sixth-plate daguerreotype of a man in dark glasses and his sour female companion | 1850s |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 290 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Unusual quarter-plate daguerreotype of a gypsy(?) woman; | 1840s |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 291 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Group of 6 daguerreotypes and ambrotypes comprising a half-plate ambrotype of a father and his per plexed-looking daughter | 1850s-60s |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 292 | (CASED IMAGES.) PORTRAITS | Group of 23 daguerreotype portraits | 1850s |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 632.00 | |
| 293 | (CASED IMAGES.) POSTMORTEM | Sixth-plate daguerreotype of a child with a spray of flowers resting peacefully; | 1850s |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 460.00 | |
| 294 | (CASED IMAGES.) POSTMORTEM | Touching quarter-plate ambrotype of a mother and her deceased infant; | 1850s |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 295 | (CASED IMAGES.) ROOT BROS | Quarter-plate daguerreotype portrait of a young man; | Early 1850s |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 296 | (CASED IMAGES.) STEREOSCOPIC | Quarter-plate Mascher's Improved Stereoscope, with daguerreotype portraits of a young man seated at a table; | Mid 1850s |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 747.00 | |
| 297 | (CASED IMAGES.) STEREOSCOPIC | Sixth-plate Mascher's Improved Stereoscope, with ambrotype portraits of a gentleman; | Mid 1850s |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 298 | (CASED IMAGES.) WILLIAMS, T. R., attributed to | Sixth-plate daguerreotype of the interior of the Crystal Palace; | 1850s |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 299 | CASED IMAGES | Group of 25 cased images comprising dags, ambros, and tins | 1850s-70s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 460.00 |
