Auction
Swann Galleries
Photobooks
19 - San Francisco Police Department Bureau of Identification Inmate/Prisoner ID Mug Shot Album, 710 photographs on 40 pages, 1908-10. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
22 - Alvin Langdon Coburn, New York, with 19 hand-pulled photogravures, 1910. Estimate $9,000 to $12,000.
23 - 20 Photographs, portfolio of photographs taken by Eugene Atget and printed by Berenice Abbott, 1898-1927, printed 1956. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
38 - Edward Weston/George Tice, Six Nudes of Neil portfolio, 1925, printed 1977. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
50 - Berenice Abbott, Retrospective Portfolio, with 50 photographs, 1930-60, printed 1982. Estimate $90,000 to $110,000.
55 - Doris Ulmann, Roll, Jordan, Roll, with 90 photogravures, 1933. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
73 - George Zimbel, Enhanced Marilyn Portfolio, with 23 photographs, 1954, printed 1986-2004. Estimate $18,000 to $22,000.
81 - Jack Smith, The Beautiful Book, with 19 photographs, 1959. Estimate $25,000 to $30,000.
100 - Mario Testino & Martin Amis, Coincidence of the Arts, 1998. Estimate $3,500 to $4,500.
108 - amfAR Photography Portfolio, with 18 photographs by Tina Barney, William Eggleston, Ryan McGinley, Stephen Shore and others, 1977-2003, printed 2004. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
12 - William Bradford, The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland, with 141 mounted albumen photographs, 1873. Estimate $100,000 to $150,000.
19 - San Francisco Police Department Bureau of Identification Inmate/Prisoner ID Mug Shot Album, 710 photographs on 40 pages, 1908-10. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
The photobooks part of the auction includes many classics and several rarities. Take a look at a selection of our favorites.
Highlights include:
A copy of the landmark William Bradford book The Arctic Regions, illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland, which contains 141 mounted albumen photographs of icebergs, indigenous people and moored ships.
And a an Francisco Police Department Bureau of Identification Inmate/Prisoner ID Mug Shot Album, containing 710 silver print photographs on 40 pages, 1908-10, with captions and numeric information in the negatives.
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Fine Photographs & Photobooks
Date: February 28, 2012
Time: at 2:00 PM
Exhibition: Thurs., Feb. 23, 10-6
Fri., Feb. 24, 10-6
Sat., Feb. 25, 10-4
Mon., Feb. 27, 10-6
Tues., Feb. 28, 10-noon
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