Americana Exchange

Auction Details

Auction House Sothebys
Website www.sothebys.com/
Auction Name Travel, Atlases, Maps
Sale Number L11405
Auction Date Nov 15, 2011 - Nov 15, 2011

Lot Details : Sothebys

Lot Number 168     
Title ALBUM OF LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHS, MOSTLY OF NORTH AMERICA.
Year Published 1880
Description NORTH AMERICA. Large oblong folio (470 x 570mm.), 39 albumen prints, comprising: 29 very large prints (440 x 540mm.; or the reverse) and 10 other prints (average 150 x 220mm.; or the reverse), mounted on thick card, recto and verso, contemporary red half morocco gilt, gilt edges, some fading and spotting, binding a little marked and scuffed
Lot Note Rare large photographs, including: 4 large and 6 other prints of Salt Lake City by C.R. Savage, with views of the Mormon Tabernacle, Gardo House, Lion House, Ute Indians, and bathing at Garfield Landing; 14 large and 4 other prints by Isaiah West Taber (of San Francisco), mostly views of Yosemite (possibly after Carleton Watkins), with a view of San Francisco and 4 photographs of an Opium den; 3 large prints of the Niagra Falls and 8 large prints of views in and around Chamonix by unknown photographers.
Provenance PROPERTY REMOVED FROM DUNECHT HOUSE, ABERDEENSHIRE Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, bart., Paddockhurst, Sussex, bookplate; Annie Pearson, bookplate
Estimated Price GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00( USD 7550.00 - USD 10570.00)
Actual Price GBP 49,250.00 ( USD 74367.50)