Be-hold auction number 72: Photographs

William Mortensen, Portfolio unusually fine prints

Harold Edgerton. Drop of milk crown. Brilliant colors

Children in a schoolyard. Quarter plate daguerreotype

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Yonkers, NY, United States

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Be-hold auction number 72: Photographs

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A curated selection of vintage photographs and material that has to do with photography from the 19th and 20th centuries. Featured are a very important volume with photographs by William Mortensen and a portfolio with photographs in exceptional condition. Aside from material by major artists there is interesting material of documentary interest.

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0001: Zograscope. Ca., 1800 – 1820. Device to give a senseEst. $500-$900Lot Passed

Hand-colored Talbotype . A well dressed boy by Williams: Â Talbotype of a boy in a decorative dress by James W. Williams. The hand-colored photograph is 7 1/2 x 5 ¾ inches in a fancy oval gilt frame 13 x 11 ½ inches. The wooden back of the frame can be

0002: Hand-colored Talbotype . A well dressed boy by WilliamsEst. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed

Young couple. Colored salt or albumen, matching frames: These are, 5 ½ x 3 ¾ inch ovals, in matching attractive 10 ¼ x 8 ¼ inch frames. The photographs could be salted paper or albumen prints. The well-dressed husband and young

0003: Young couple. Colored salt or albumen, matching framesEst. $800-$1,500Lot Passed

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Folding fan display for CDV’s, Circus, sideshow: Each of the seven arms displays a CDV. Here they are of oddities. The arms can be folded together and they screw into the base. When folded together this makes an easily portable package. A beautiful

0004: Folding fan display for CDV’s, Circus, sideshowEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Children in a schoolyard. Quarter plate daguerreotype: The scene is a large area surrounded by fences. Everyone looks towards the camera. The children appear to have simply stopped where they were playing, rather than being formally arranged, as in so

0005: Children in a schoolyard. Quarter plate daguerreotypeEst. $7,000-$8,000Lot Passed

Couple in Flume Gorge, Franconia Notch, N. Hampshire.: A man stands on one side, a woman on the other side of a wooden walkway going up along the cascading water. The image was made within the narrow space of the gorge and so is somewhat dark. Most

0005A: Couple in Flume Gorge, Franconia Notch, N. Hampshire.Est. $300-$500Lot Passed

Circus and oddities. Album with 40 cdv: They are one to a page. I have not removed any from the album so I donÂ’t know what is on the backs. The subjects and condition are mixed. Everyone will find some of interest. I can only

0006: Circus and oddities. Album with 40 cdvEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

ALBUM WITH 48 CDVs, CIVIL WAR ERA: There are two to a page. The backs are visible when the page is turned. The album was assembled by a collector so the album itself is not period. There is a fairly consistent quality throughout the

0007: ALBUM WITH 48 CDVs, CIVIL WAR ERAEst. $3,500-$4,000Lot Passed

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Captain David J. Wheeler, Maryland 3d Infantry.: CDV by J. B. Young, Baltimore. Wheeler was in Company “B” of the Maryland 3d Infantry from 6/18/61 – 10/7/64. He was promoted to Captain on 11/1/63. He wears a Corps Badge. As part of the

0007A: Captain David J. Wheeler, Maryland 3d Infantry.Est. $200-$400

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Personal checks from Gideon Welles to Mathew Brady and: Welles had a long career in Connecticut and national politics. His anti-slavery views led him to withdraw from the Democrats and join the new Republican Party. He was a close friend of LincolnÂ’s,

0008: Personal checks from Gideon Welles to Mathew Brady andEst. $4,000-$5,000Lot Passed

Mark Twain shakes hands with John T. Raymond. CDV by: Raymond was an actor. He extensively revised a play based on a Twain work without Twain’s authorization. The play, starring Raymond, was a great success. There was enmity between the two. This

0009: Mark Twain shakes hands with John T. Raymond. CDV byEst. $600-$700Lot Passed

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Buffalo Bill. Cabinet card from his 1887 tour.: This is a fine close portrait of this great Western figure who became a major showman. Here he is called “Col. W. F. Cody.” No maker is indicated but “Copyright Woodburytype” is

0010: Buffalo Bill. Cabinet card from his 1887 tour.Est. $600-$700

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Guglielmo Marconi, Male nude study. 1870’s.: 10 ½ x 6 3/8 inch toned albumen print on an 18 1/4 x 9 5/8 inch original mount, 1870Â’s. The Italian Marconi worked in Paris making art studies for painters. The pose is carefully arranged

0011: Guglielmo Marconi, Male nude study. 1870’s.Est. $1,000-$2,000

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Viewer and storage box for small erotic glass stereo: It has a metal label for Lutz y Schultz, Buenos Airies. The matching storage box has a metal label for Grienzo, Buenos Aires. There are 20 views in the 50 slots fo the glass views. They are

0012: Viewer and storage box for small erotic glass stereoEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Japanese erotica in rare AGFA-Chromo-Isolar plate box: This is a very rare and interesting process. Five of the 3½ x 5 inch glass plates are photographs of colored Japanese pornographic prints, two on each plate. The final plate is a photograph of

0013: Japanese erotica in rare AGFA-Chromo-Isolar plate boxEst. $400-$500Lot Passed

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Manhattan skyline from Governor’s Island, ca. 1920.: A historical Very large brown-toned photograph, probably printed later. There were other photographs taken from the same vantage point, but the clouds, the framing trees, the sun on the buildings

0014: Manhattan skyline from Governor’s Island, ca. 1920.Est. $600-$1,200

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Harold Edgerton, golfer Bobby, Jones, on rare card: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch vintage toned gelatin silver print, ca. 1938. It is applied to a card backing. The card is imprinted with a text titled “Applied High-Speed Photography” from Arthur D. Little,

0015: Harold Edgerton, golfer Bobby, Jones, on rare cardEst. $700-$1,000

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Harold Edgerton. Tennis star Gussie Moran serves.: Large 18 ¾ c 19 ¾ inch matte gelatin silver print, 1935, printed later. Moran was famous for her perfect serve, shown here with multiple successive views This looks striking in this large size.

0016: Harold Edgerton. Tennis star Gussie Moran serves.Est. $600-$700

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Harold Edgerton, Bullet through a wire.: 11 x 13 ½ gelatin silver print. This is a much rarer image than a similar one of a bullet through plexiglass. Edgerton was an engineer, and business man, and an artist. His choice of subject

0017: Harold Edgerton, Bullet through a wire.Est. $600-$800

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Harold Edgerton. Drop of milk crown. Brilliant colors: 16 x 12 ½ inch dye transfer print, signed in pencil on verso, 1957. Edgerton continued to work as an engineer but he became well aware of the artistic nature of his images. The project of being able

0018: Harold Edgerton. Drop of milk crown. Brilliant colorsEst. $1,500-$2,500

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Gertrude Käsebier. Her daughter and future husband: 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 inch toned gelatin silver print, on a black mount, ca. 1895. Her daughter, also named Gertrude, is shown in a loving mutual gaze with her future husband Charles O’Malley. Mothers and

0019: Gertrude Käsebier. Her daughter and future husbandEst. $850-$1,000Lot Passed

Alice Boughton, Baby and child.: Boughton (1866 – 1943) was a photography student at the Pratt Institute in New York, where Gertrude Kaserbier was a student as well. Boughton became Kasebier’s assistant. She operated a

0020: Alice Boughton, Baby and child.Est. $600-$1,000Lot Passed

Alice Boughton. “Lighting the Candles" Christmas scene: 7 x 5 ¼ platinum print on a 7 5/8 c 5 ¾ inch backing that is in turn mounted on a 14 x 10 ¾ inch mount. It is signed in very light pencil on the bottom left. The title and identifications are

0021: Alice Boughton. “Lighting the Candles" Christmas sceneEst. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed

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Thomas Nast by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.: In the recent upsurge of interest in women photographers, Ben-Yusuf should be much more widely known and appreciated. Her photographs are included in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection at the Museum of

0022: Thomas Nast by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.Est. $800-$1,500

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