Books and Ephemera - Art, Photography, Asia, etc.
Catalog Information: 404 lots with images | View lots
Date: July 18, 2010
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Sale Notes:
This auction features the second session of our art and photography-themed collections, along with many select books and ephemera lots. Included are an assortment of original, antique artwork, large format cameras, Asian books and artwork, and a fine assortment of antique and vintage books.
Featured will be 17th through 20th century artwork, many of which are signed by artists including Chamberlin, Fonce, Van Elten, Schreiber, Slocombe, Meyerowitz, Knaus, Reiss, Revethin, Hartell, and Hutter. Other artists featured in the collection include political cartoonist Charles Nelan, Salvator Rosa, Clinton Loveridge and North Carolina photographer Charles A. Farrell. Included in the auction is a large quantity of gorgeous Victorian lithographs, on Valentines, Christmas, Easter and New Year's cards, trade cards, and many other pieces.
Also featured are a number of large format antique and vintage cameras. The collection includes a handsome European full plate style, large format camera unlike any American made camera, used in historical photographic processes. Additionally included is a 1964 Zenza Bronica, often considered a workhorse camera used by wedding and portrait photographers. This catalog also features several antique stereoscope viewers and nearly 200 stereoscope cards.
This auction includes a variety of vintage and antique Asian items, including books and artwork. Books feature two first editions of "Quotations from Chairman Mao" and "The May 7 Collection of Terms & Expressions (Chinese-English)", a scarce volume of China's "Cultural Revolution Dictionary", as well as other Mao-era works, many of which contain anti-American propaganda. Additionally, we have a wide selection of Mao-Era propaganda posters. The collection also includes a selection of 17th and 18th century Asian artwork from China and Japan, including many Ukiyo-e style pieces, as well as silk paintings, watercolors, and block prints by renowned artists such as Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Utagawa Hiroshige, Okumura Masanobu, and Katsukawa Shunzan.
Rare books in this catalog include a number of 18th and 19th century volumes, including "The History of the Life of Tamerlane the Great" (1753), "The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary" (1807), and "Notatki Mysliwskie Z Afryki, Somali", an early Polish volume on hunting safaris. Also featured is a collection of works concerning ancient languages and civilizations, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac and Greek.
Lot 3001: AUTHENTIC TRIAL AT LARGE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE 1793 Late Queen of France, Before the Revolutionary Tribunal
Title: Authentic Trial at Large of Marie Antoinette, Late Queen of France, Before the Revolutionary Tribunal Publisher: Chapman and Co.Printing Year: 1793Condition/Details: Bound in leather boards, this antique volume is an extremely scarce early edi [...more]
Lot 3002: The May 7 COLLECTION OF TERMS & EXPRESSIONS (Chinese-English) 1968 Blue Trial Binding Lin Bao Writing Complete
Title: The May 7 Collection of Terms & Expressions (Chinese-English) Printing Year: 1968Condition/Details: Bound in blue stiff wrappers, this vintage volume is a scarce trial binding of China's "Cultural Revolution Dictionary", which was to b [...more]
Lot 3003: Apprx 60PC EPHEMERA - VICTORIAN LITHOGRAPHS Trade Cards Christmas Cards Die-Cut Coffee Soaps Starch
This lot includes the group of antique ephemera shown in the corresponding image. This material includes approximately sixty Victorian lithographs and other ephemera, most of which are trade card advertisement pieces, with some Christmas cards and d [...more]
Lot 3004: Soldier w/ Gun & Book VINTAGE CHINESE MAO POSTER 1965 "Chairman Mao's Good Soldier - Lei Feng"
This vintage Chinese poster is part of a large collection we are selling during this auction - check out our other auctions to view more vintage Chinese posters and artwork. Title: Chairman Mao's Good Soldier - Lei Feng Artist: uncreditedPrinter: Hu [...more]
Lot 3005: ANTIQUE DECORATIVE FRENCH WET-PLATE COLLODION HALF-PLATE CAMERA Jonte Lens Paris Chambre De Visite
Title/Description: Antique French Wet-Plate Collodion Half-Plate Camera with Jonte RR lens and single stopCondition/Details: This historical French traveling camera used for the wet-collodion process, known as a "Chambre de Visite", is a beautiful fo [...more]
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