Photographs

1980. Autograph. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This is an ORIGINAL hand signed glossy 11 x 14 borderless COLOR photo of the great Fred Astaire with his very own autograph It's been in my collection for a number of years and comes with a certificate of authenticity from Todd Mueller of Colorado Aprings, CO. You are not likely to see something this spectacular again anytime soon!.

1980. Autograph. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is an ORIGINAL hand signed glossy COLOR photo of the great Jimmy Stewart with his very own autograph It's been trimmed to a size of approximately 8 x 12, borderless, and has been in my collection for a number of years and comes with a certificate of authenticity from Todd Mueller of Colorado Springs, CO. You are not likely to see something this spectacular again anytime soon!.

[Np: The Photographer, ca. 1963].. Two original glossy double-weight gelatin silver prints from negatives, 11 x 14" (inclusive of margins). Captioned in pencil on verso. About fine. Original prints of two of the most memorable of the sequence of superb photographs taken by Yousuf Karsh on location in South Africa during the filming of the 1964 Diamond Films production, ZULU, directed by Cy Endfield. Karsh's invitation to join the production and photograph the cast and locale resulted in a sequence of photographs of a very high order. The present images are an extraordinary pair of photographs, one from a near face-on p.o.v., the other from right profile, of a large group of Zulu tribesmen, in warrior regalia, seated and watching a motion picture (in the first of the images the 16mm projector is visible in the background). The expressions of wonder and amusement are matchless. The pencil caption on the verso reads of the first reads: "The Zulus watched a western movie at dusk outdoors in the… Read More

Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories, 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background, With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines. Annotated At Edges, "4147 Center, Red And P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation", "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph, Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Ink Numbering Of Some Stars With Pencil Letters In Circles; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble, But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Obervatories On Verso, "Object: Ngc 4147 / Enlargement 20X /Telescope Ph-707-S, Remarks 100 200 Orientation".

Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories, 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background, With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines.Annotated At Edges, "Ngc 4147, Red P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation", "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph, Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Black And Red Ink Hand Numbering Of Some Stars With One Unnumbered But Annotated "E" And "Var 1" With Arrow; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble, But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories On Verso, With Pencil Information Filled In, "Object: Ngc 4147 / Telescope Ph-711-S, Remarks 200 Orient".

New York: George Kichner & Company, 1875. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition , No date c.1870 , Hardcover in illustrated brown cloth with gilt front cover and spine design with gilded page edges and decorative end pages , 32 page book . Illustrated with 32 black & white albumen original photo tip on to each stiff board pages . A very rare and scarce book to find in this condition . This copy has been professionally repaired at the hinge with new spine ( see images ). Condition : Fine , A tight clean copy with the minimum edge rubs or ware , name erased from title page. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

United States: Mathew Brady, et al., 1861. CIVIL WAR; GRANT, Ulysses S.. Carte-de-Visite Album of 30 Union Civil War Generals, Including Ulysses S. Grant [CIVIL WAR]. [GRANT, Ulysses S.]. [Carte-de-Visite Album of 30 Union Civil War Generals. United States: Mathew Brady, et al., n.d.c.a. 1861-1865]. Small octavo album containing 30 individual carte-de-visites of Union generals in the Civil War. (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches; 140 x 110 mm). Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. With 15 leaves and each leaf has a slot for two photographs. Most photos with a publisher's imprint on the back and the name of the general also penciled on the back. Album is contemporary embossed Morocco with two brass clasps. One clasp is broken. Gilt dentelles. Some pages have been reattached at margin, but all are present. Some chipping and wear to head and tale of the spine, but overall very good. A very nice assemblage of vintage photographs of officers from the Union. The carte-de-visites are as… Read More

Paris: Carjat, 1860. Fine. Carjat, Paris s.d. (circa 1860), 6,3x9,1cm, une photographie. - Rare photographie originale sur papier albuminé, au format carte de visite, contrecollée sur carton. Résidus de colle et papier un peu frotté au dos, sans gravité. Gustave Courbet fait la connaissance d'Etienne Carjat en 1859 en Allemagne et les deux hommes lieront une amitié très forte. ""Mon cher Carjat, je t'aime comme tu sais, tu es mon confident d'amour, tu es mon biographe, tu es mon ami"" (Lettre de Courbet, février 1863) Nous n'avons pu trouver aucun exemplaire de cette photographie dans les collection publiques. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Photographic Portrait of Gustave Courbet with a cane Carjat | Paris n. d. [ca 1860] | 6.3 x 9.1 cm | one carte-de-visite photograph Rare original photograph on albumin paper, in visiting card format, laid down on card. Remnants of glue, paper slightly rubbed on verso, but not seriously. Gustave Courbet met Etienne… Read More

VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896)
Original photograph of Paul Verlaine by Otto Wegener
[Paris, 1893], cabinet format (10,8 x 16,8 cm)
Period albumen portrait mounted on thick cardboard and embossed in the photographer's credit
Tiny spots, remarkable original condition
Famous and last portrait of the poet by Otto in preparation for his candidacy for the French Academy


Paul Verlaine commissioned the photographer to take a series of portraits when he considered applying for the Académie Française. Several tests are then carried out.
For these photographs, the poet poses with the famous scarf of the house Charvet, which had been given to him by Robert de Montesquiou.
Three years before his death, the poet appears the Socratic face, the hunchbacked forehead, his gaze sunk under the eyebrow arch, sporting the chamaré scarf of which he was so proud.
This portrait is one of the most famous of the poet, it is presented here in a remarkable state of preservation.
Swedish-born photographer Otto Wegener (1849-1922)… Read More

[San Francisco]: [Probably Taber Photo], 1880. Ephemera. Near fine. An imperial plate (8-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches) image "made on the path leading from Hutchings's Upper House hotel to his residence a few hundred yards north of the hotel, north of present-day Sentinel Bridge," Naef and Hult-Lewis, p. 90. Watkins took this image between 1878 and 1881. It may have been printed by Isaiah Taber, after Taber took over Watkins's bankrupt photo studio. However, it does not have the Taber imprint but the mount matches another Yosemite image with Taber's logo in the negative. This view is very similar to one of Watkins's mammoth-plate images (Naef and Hult-Lewis, Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs, no. 200) and was almost certainly taken at the same time. In addition to the albumen print offered here, another example of this imperial plate image is in the Yosemite Museum, on a larger mount. While it is generally known that Watkins regularly took his 18-by-22-inch mammoth glass-plate camera and… Read More

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980. Photograph. Fine. In this widely reproduced Lange image, a bulky white man appears to hold court while standing with one foot on the bumper of a car; five thin black men sit and stand behind him on the steps of a clapboard store. In the years immediately after she made the negative, this was one of Lange's most reproduced images: it appeared in U.S. Camera Annual 1939, Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices (1941), and Archibald MacLeish's Land of the Free (1938). Most of the time, when this image is reproduced, the glimpse of a young white man holding a cigarette, which appears on the left edge, is cropped out. Lange took this image while working for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (two WPA agencies). The most famous image from this period in her career is Migrant Mother, the iconic Depression-era photograph. Lange's images from this era often have descriptive names rather than titles, and they have changed over… Read More

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980. Photograph. Fine. In this Lange image, a man and woman, both African American, stand in a field holding hoes or other farming implements. Lange took this image while working for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (two WPA agencies). The most famous image from this period in her career is Migrant Mother, the iconic Depression-era photograph. Lange's images from this era often have descriptive names rather than titles, and they have changed over time. This one is called "Cotton Sharecroppers"... on the Library of Congress website; "Greene County, Georgia" is written in pencil on the back (verso) of this photograph. At the time she took this photograph, Lange was working for the federal government and so the negatives belonged to her employer. For decades they have been on deposit at the Library of Congress and for many years, anyone could ask the library to make prints from the negatives. In this case, the negative (as… Read More

This listing is for an extremely scarce 8x10 photo of Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger which he has signed as shown with Love and a brief inscription. Mick's autograph has been professionally authenticated by James Spence Authenticators (JSA), recognized worldwide as one of the most reputable third party authenticators in the business. This is one of the most nicely written Jagger autographs I have seen anywhere and it is beyond scarce with professional (and reputable) authentication.

Warner Brothers. No binding. Just About Fine. [Los Angeles: Warner Brothers, 1941]. Vintage original 11 x 14" (28 x 35 cm.) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print photo. Print is borderless, there is one stain on Bogart's shoulder at far right. Just about fine.
Humphrey Bogart toiled on screen for nearly 10 years in all kinds of supporting and second-billed roles, with an occasional lead in a B film. High Sierra's Roy "Mad Dog" Earle was the role which catapulted Humphrey Bogart to first-billed star status. The following year he was considered a romantic lead as well. He excelled in this emotionally charged character, sprung out of prison and hiding from the authorities in the Sierra mountains.
Seldom were guns allowed in publicity stills, moreso with them being pointed at the viewer; this portrait violates both counts. This oversized print came from the files of the Photoplay magazine library and is ink stamped as such three times on the verso. Photo coded HB 238.

This listing is for a large and very beautiful 11x14 photo of the legendary Elton John at his iconic 1975 Dodger Stadium Concert. It is boldly and beautifully signed by Sir Elton with his full name in black marker. Critically, his autograph has been professionally authenticated by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS), one of the most respected names in the business, and includes their ironclad Certificate of Authenticity.