Americana Exchange

Auction Details

Auction House Swann Galleries, Inc.
Website www.swanngalleries.com
Auction Name IMPORTANT PHOTOBOOKS & PHOTOGRAPHS
Sale Number 2265
Auction Date Dec 13, 2011 - Dec 13, 2011

Lot Details : Swann Galleries, Inc.

Lot Number 13     
Author RUSSELL, ANDREW J. (1830-1902)
Title "United States Military Rail Road Photographic Album."
Description RUSSELL, ANDREW J. (1830-1902) "United States Military Rail Road Photographic Album." Magnificent album with 107 albumen prints depicting the railroads, battlefields and landscapes of the Civil War. Albumen prints, sizes ranging from 3x3 to 11x15 1/4 inches (7.6x7.6 to 27.9x38.7 cm.), approximately 70 with a caption label and several with notations, in pencil, on the mounts or notations in the negative. Folio, rebound in a contemporary binding, but with the original gilt-lettered title affixed to the front cover. 1863-1864
Estimated Price USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00
Actual Price USD 156,000.00