Swann Galleries: PHOTOGRAPHY. PART I: 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS., 1385,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 14, 1985 - November 14, 1985
Page Size: 328 items in 4 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln Washington, D.C.

Circa 1862

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 350.00
302 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Two carte-de-visite portraits of Lincoln Washington, D.C.

1864

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 175.00
303 LINCOLN, WILLIE AND TAD Carte-de-visite portrait of Willie and Tad Lincoln Washington, D.C.

1861

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 275.00
304 Group of 12 cartes-de-visite showing soldiers in camp, battle sites, buildings, etc

1860s

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 325.00
305 Group of 21 cartes-de-visite of officer and enlisted men

1860s

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 325.00
306 An album of 92 cartes of generals

USD 500.00 - 700.00 1,500.00
307 Group of 41 cartes-de-visite of Civil War era statemen

1860s

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 425.00
308 BARNUM, P. T. Wet collodion glass plate negative Washington, D.C.

1860s

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 400.00
309 Two glass plate negatives

1877

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 50.00
310 FIELD, CYRUS Wet collodion glass plate negative

1860s

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 40.00
311 LAMAR, LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS Washington, D.C.

1870s

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 300.00
312 LAMON, WARD HILL Wet collodion glass plate negative Washington, D.C.

1880s

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 150.00
313 LEE, ROBERT E. Wet collodion glass plate negative Washington, D.C.

1869

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,100.00
314 LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD Wet collodion glass plate negative Washington, D.C.

1870s

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 275.00
315 PORTER, DAVID DIXON Wet collodion glass plate negative Washington, D.C.

1860s

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 60.00
316 Wet collodion glass plate negatives of EDWARD New York, Washington, D.C.

1860, 1860s

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 150.00
317 Wet collodion glass plate negatives of HENRY KIRKE BROWN and CLARK MILLS Washington, D.C.

1860s

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 150.00
318 Group of 3 wet collodion glass plate negatives of statesmen Washington, D.C.

1860s-70s

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 60.00
319 Wet collodion glass plate negatives of MAGGIE MITCHELL and LESTER WALLACK New York

1860s

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
320 BARTON, CLARA Autograph Letter Signed, to "L. C. Handy Esq., At Brady's, Washington, D. C.," quoted in full below, excusing herself from a portrait sitting Washington, D.C.

22 November 1887

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 60.00
321 PORTRAIT

1850s

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
322 EPHEMERA

1860s-90s

 USD 600.00 - 900.00 325.00
323 MOSBY, JOHN SINGLETON Autograph Note Signed, to L. C. Handy Warrenton, Va

20 December 1896

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 130.00
324 New York Delegation, Forty-Fourth Congress

Circa 1875-77

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 150.00
325 Torpedo Station on the James River

1864

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 70.00
326 Group of 9 volumes dealing with Brady and American 19th-century photography Vp

1946-78

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 120.00
327 Group of 25 good Civil War stereographs

1860s

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 800.00
328 BRADY, MATHEW B. et al Manuscript Document Signed M B Brady Washington

23 April 1863

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950