Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts

Burma
Anglo-Burmese War
Los 4031

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806€ (US$ 867)

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Photographer unknown. Anglo Burmese War. 1885-87. 13 albumen prints. Each circa 10 x 15 cm and reverse. Most annotated in pencil on recto.
In good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Braunschweig (Brunswick)
Selected views of old Brunswick
Los 4032

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248€ (US$ 267)

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Photographer unknown. Selected views of old Braunschweig. Late 1850s. 6 albumen prints. Each circa 18 x 12,5 cm. Mounted to board (light soiling).
A few light surface scuff marks/scratches, otherwise in near excellent condition and with strong tones.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Images of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Los 4033

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3.720€ (US$ 4,000)

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Photographer: John C.H. Grabill, Elliot & Fry and unknown. 1885-1910/printed 1930s. Images of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. 20 gelatin silver prints and 20 celluloid copy negatives (20 x 12,5 cm). Each circa 11,5 x 16 cm or reverse. 2 with text in the negative in lower area.
The images show many of the important figures of the earlier days of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show (1887) such as Annie Oakley, John Nelson, Sitting Bull, and of course Buffalo Bill himself. Some later shots circa 1910 were taken during the performances. Also includes a group portrait of Indian chiefs by John C.H. Grabill, Deadwood from 1891. – Edges curled, some fading in edges, otherwise in very good condition.

Ceylon
Views of Ceylon
Los 4035 [*]

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2.480€ (US$ 2,667)

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Photographer: Charles T. Scowen (1852-1948), William L.H. Skeen & Co. (1847-1903), Colombo Apothecaries & Co and unknown. Views of Ceylon. 1880s/90s. 24 albumen prints. Each circa 21 x 27 cm. Most with photographer's name in the negative in lower left/right corner, each inserted in album page slits, bound in cloth album.
Some handling creases/marks, some with slight fading in edges, otherwise many in very good condition with rich strong tones.

China
Panoramic view of the Shanghai Bund
Los 4036

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5.580€ (US$ 6,000)

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Photographer: Kung Tai (Gong Tai, active 1877-1890s). Panoramic view of the Shanghai Bund. 1880s. 8 albumen prints (each 19,5 x 27 cm., the whole panorama circa 19,5 x 218 cm.), mounted on board mounts, joined by cloth, folding concertina style into red half morocco cloth boards (edges rubbed) gilt upper cover with morocco label titled Shanghai Bund. Kung Tai. Photographer.
Terry Bennett History of Photography in China - Chinese Photographers - 1844-1879, Quaritch 2013, see pp 137-146. – The Kung Tai studio flourished from the late 1870s to 1890s. It produced important photographs and was perhaps the most popular commercial Chinese studio in Shanghai during this period, noted for its multi-part panoramas of Shanghai's Bund. – Some fading, especially in edges and along folds, some scuff marks/ surface rubbing, otherwise in good condition.

China
View of the Great Wall, China
Los 4037 [*]

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1.860€ (US$ 2,000)

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View of the Great Wall, China. Circa 1900. Vintage hand-colored gelatin silver print. 59 x 36 cm. Distributor's Hartung Photo Shop Peking blindstamp in lower right corner, flush-mounted to board.
Delicately hand-colored and in excellent condition.

China
Private souvenir album of China
Los 4038

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2.356€ (US$ 2,533)

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Private souvenir album of China. Circa 1907. Circa 50 vintage collodion paper prints. Each circa 17 x 12 cm and reverse. Mounted to album boards, bound in half canvas album (edges rubbed, spine damaged/cracked).
Very interesting album compiled circa 1907. The images include the beginning of the famous Peking-Paris rally 1907, some rare images of monuments and temples in a ruinous state, the Peking train station, pagodas and daily rural life. – Some prints with surface rubbing/buckling, some faded, otherwise some in good condition.

Daguerreotypes
Portrait of a man
Los 4042 [*]

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496€ (US$ 533)

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Photographer: Carl Staritz (active in Breslau, 1845-1850s). Portrait of a man. 1846. Sixth-plate gold-toned daguerreotype with gilt ornamental surround and ornamental gilt tape around glass (small piece missing at bottom), taped behind glass.
Zygmunt Wielowiejski. The Beginnings of Photography in Breslau. Instytut Sztuki Polkiej Akademii Nauk, Wroclaw 2012. A clear image in very good condition.

Daguerreotypes
Berlin Biedermeier scene
Los 4043

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21.080€ (US$ 22,667)

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Photographer: Carl Gustav Oehme (1817-1881). Berlin Biedermeier scene. Circa 1844. Quarter-plate gold-toned daguerreotype, in original paper surround with gilt ornament, photographer's Gustav Oehme, Opticus Mechanicus & Daguerreotypist in Berlin, Jägerstr. No. 20 label on the verso.12,4 x 15 cm.
Bodo von Dewitz and Reinhard Matz (eds.). Silber und Salz. Zur Frühzeit der Photographie im deutschen Sprachraum 1839-1860. Cologne 1989, see p. 675. – Originally a mechanic, Oehme learned the daguerreotype technique from Daguerre himself during a stay in Paris in 1840-1842. As early as 1841 he publically displayed his daguerreotypes, and in 1843 he established a studio as a professional daguerreotypist in Berlin. He was especially well-known for his carefully composed group portraits such as the daguerreotype offered here. He was considered one of the best and prominent daguerreotypists in Berlin in the 1840s. – Some oxidation in lower and left edge, glass renewed and resealed with paper tape, otherwise in very good condition and in original state.

Deutscher Krieg (Austro-Prussian War)
Bahnhof Eger
Los 4044

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1.116€ (US$ 1,200)

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Photographer: JohannTheodor Meier. Bahnhof Eger. June 19, 1866. Albumen print with rounded corners. 14 x 30 cm. Mounted to original board (traces of use, strong vertical crease in left side, soiled), with gilt title and date printed below the image on the mount.
The location and date "Bahnhof Eger am 19. Juni 1866" is printed in gilt letters below the image on the mount. On this day Prussia declared war against Austria and its federal troops. The direct cause was the mobilization, by the Bundestag in Frankfurt, under the leadership of Austria. The railroad station at Eger was obviously one of the most important railroad junctions for troop transports towards Königgrätz and other war locations. In this image one can see over 30 locomotives and a large number of wagons on 6 or 7 rails ready for departure. The importance of railroads was quickly recognized by Prussia after the American Civil War of 1861/65, where for the first time the crucial role of railroads in the rapid transport of troops had been clearly demonstrated. Such an early German photograph that so keenly demonstrates the importance of the railroad during the war is extremely rare.
– Some scuff marks and surface soiling, stronger verticle crease in left side, otherwise in good condition.

Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Views of Norway
Los 4045

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372€ (US$ 400)

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Photographer: possibly Knud Knudsen (1832-1915) and unknown. Travel album with views of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. 1890s. 30 albumen prints, each between 17 x 23 cm. Most with title/number and initials in lower right/left corner in the negative, mounted to album boards bound in half leather album with gilt-stamped title on front cover.
The views comprise nice harbor scenes of Copenhagen and Stockholm, some views of Drontheim including a panoramic view of the city as well as Tromso, Hammerfest and Nordkap. – Some light surface scuff marks, otherwise most photos in good to very good condition.