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November 2008 Catalogue  >  Photo Collection  >  Historical

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Lot 1495: HUGE COLLECTION (8,400+)
Mammoth collection, 1920s-1970s


ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $1,000.00
Winning Bid: $8,140.26
Price Realized: $9,727.61
Auction Date:11/22/2008 9:00 PM EST

Over 8,400 images represents a business or a major photo collection unto itself. This is a major lot of vintage photographs from the San Francisco Examiner including newsphotos, publicity and movie stills. It includes current news events, WWI and WWII (chemical warfare), Korean and other wars, travel (San Francisco, London), old Hollywood (many studio promotional stills), actors, actresses, fishing (types of fish, commercial fishing), weather (acid rain, smog, storms), sporting (hunting and fishing), transportation (hot air balloning, buses), original art used in the paper, sports of all kinds, royalty around the world and thru history, aviation, ephemera (arctic maps, WWII poster stamps), etc. etc., etc! There are months’ worth of discoveries to be found. Sizes vary, but most about 8x10’’ with news service stampings and markings. Available for pickup in Cape Cod, Mass. Average 7x9”.

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