Lot
Number | Description | Final Bid |
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| | | (Inc Tax stamps & Different Title Assignments) LOW # KILBURN RUN; (28 views) Some of these are Very Rare. #1, three different #2, two diff. #3, 5, two diff. #6, 7, two diff. #8, 9, two diff. #10, 11 - 13, two diff. #14, 15, two diff. #16, 17, two diff. #18, two diff. #19. (4 with tax stamps) Images VG TO Exc., mts lightly creased-between TO Exc. MB$150. | |
| $ 150 |
| | | (Inc Different Title Assignments & Variants & Tax Stamps) LOW-ISH # KILBURN RUN (28 views) #20, 21, two variants #22, two different #23, 24, two variants #25, two diff. #26, 27, 28, two diff. #29, 31, two diff. #32, 33, two variants #34, 35, 36, 39, 41 - 44 (6 with tax stamps) Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$135. | |
| $ 125 |
| | | (Inc Genre & Trains & Variants) (31 Kilburn) Three variants #23, 39, 63, 64, 75, 76, 87, 96, two variants #109, 111 - 113, 116, 119, 125, two variants #134, 135, 678, two variants #679, 681, two subtle variants #691, 697, two variants #2041, 2045, 4577 - 4579. (Inc Pond Philosopher, Hero Dog Mountain Boy, hotels, etc) Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$100. | |
| $ 150 |
| | | (Inc Boats & Covered Bridge & Music & Variants) (30 Kilburn) #123, 125, 126, two different #130, two variants #133, 353, two variants #407, 414, 423, 425, 436, 449, 450, 454, 456, 459 - 464, 491, 492, 525, 533, 657. (Inc covered bridge at Hookset, Lisbon overview, hotels, etc) Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$125. | |
| $ 125 * |
| | | (Inc Covered Bridge & Variants & Occupational & Genre & Trains) (25 Kilburn) #491, 492, 496, 503, 512, 514, 516, 519, 522, 533, 539, 562, 1047, 1240, 1242 - 1244, four variants #1245, 1262, 1791, 1994, 1996. (Inc miller in his shop, Flume House, Moulton House, Twin Mtn House, Lead Mine Bridge at Shelburne, observatory interior, Signal Station & more.) Images VG TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$100. | |
| $ 100 |
| | | (Inc Variants) (42 Kilburn) #670, three variants #678, 683, 689, 692, 694, 699, 712, 715, 730, 748, 749, 757, 820, 887, 1265, 1266, two variants #1791, 1827, 1970, 1972, 2062 - 2064, 2078 - 2081, 2093 - 2095, 2109, 2121, 2127, 2336, 3699, 4120, 7320, 20635 (Inc Winthrop House, Gates Cottage, Mrs Philbrook’s Rooming House, Charles Philbrook’s Boarding House, Hillside House, JN Turner’s House, JC & FL Kelley’s House, hermit’s house, Summit House on Mt Wash, Bartlett Boulder, Fish house at Franconia, observers, etc.) Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$150. | |
| $ 340 |
| | | (37 Kilburn) Most No#, some No# or title. Inc Sunset House, close-up of two Observers, Wentworth House, Ranlet House, Goodnow’s House, Highland House, Howard House, Sinclair House, Dix House, Charles Edson House, Centennial House, Blanding House, Bellevue House, Alpine House, Stawberry Hill House, Spring Hotel & more. (Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc.) MB$150. | |
| $ 420 |
| | | (Inc Variants) TRAINS (29 Kilburn) Two variants #81, four variants #101, two variants #104, 112, two variants #134, two variants #135, 183, 186, 192, 201, 303, three variants #304, 306, three variants #309, 418, 431, 521, 522. (Images generally G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc.) MB$150. | |
| $ 150 |
| | | TRAINS (29 Kilburn) #536, 540, 652, 653, 660, 661, 681, (Attributed by Andy Griscom as) #682, 691 - 693, 712, 1811, 1814, 2041, 2088, 2115, 2116, 2128, 2135, 2217, 2333, 2334, 4585, 4829, 4830, 5484, 7691, 13661.
(Images G+ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc.) MB$150.
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| $ 180 |
| | | (Inc Indians / First Nations & Maple Sugar & Variants) (42 Kilburn) Seven with No# or title (Inc Crawford House, top of Mt Wash, other bldgs, scenics), 6 earlier unmarked white mts (Inc Willey House, Bethlehem, stage coach, trains), 2 No#; “Tis the old man’s punchbowl.” & “Jefferson Hill.”, #27, two variants #28, 35, 37 - 40, 43, 49, 54 - 56, two variants #57 Maple Sugar, 65, 68, 69, two different #94, 96, 101, 104, two diff. #109, 143, 144. (Inc best Kilburn Indian view I’ve seen, 4 Maple Sugar, & more.) Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$160. | |
| $ 160 |
| | | KEENE by JA FRENCH / FRENCH & SAWYER (20 views) Four from Selected List checklist (preceded by pointing hand); #19, 39, 44, 47 (Eagle Hotel, band stand, High School, City Hall), the rest no hand at top; #4, 8, two different #14, 15, 25, 35, 37, 55, 76, 130, 298, 493, two diff. #499, 690. (Inc Bank Block, Main St, Soldiers’ Mon., Glen Ellen, other downtown, street scenics) Images G+ with better tones TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$100. | |
| $ 100 |
| | | (by) JA FRENCH / FRENCH & SAWYER (33 views) Not all Keene. #9, 12, 26, 28, 83, 89, 112, 116, 122, 125, 142, the rest No# but titled. See scans for titles. (#28 has some missing emulsion in sky, images otherwise G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc.) MB$135. | |
| $ 180 |
| | | (Inc Croquet & Variants) (by) JA FRENCH / FRENCH & SAWYER (33 views) Most or all without title. Inc variants of a bridge, also town views, people, etc. (Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc.) MB$110.
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| $ 300 |
| | | (Inc Dolls & Toys) Mostly Genre by JA FRENCH / FRENCH & SAWYER (17 views) Images G to G+ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$75. | |
| $ 90 |
| | | (Inc Occupational; Gov’t Surveyor & Variants) Mostly WHITE MTNS & MONODNACK MTN (2 no bid lots, total 50 views) Lot A; (26 NW Pease) Two variants #1, two variants #2, #6, 7, 10, two variants #11, 14, 16, 25 - 27, two variants #30, 32, two variants #33, 46, two variants #48, two variants #49, 51, 52. (Mostly scenics) (Lot A; Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc.) & Lot B; (24 George Scripture) Three slightly less tall than regular gry mts with lavender backs which Andy kept with his Scriptures, (scenics,all titled in manuscript ‘Monadnock Scenery’), 2 with pretty manuscript backs; “Naiad’s Bath.” & “Giant’s Cliff.” the rest all with machine-print Scripture markings; No# or title (pathway scenic), three different #1 with same title “Half-way House.” (One shows a hotel, I think mistitled), #2 (rustic bridge), #5 (Labrynth), #7 (US Coast Survey Camp), #9 “Stepping stones.”, #10 (Religiously titled scenic), #12 (Vulcan’s Seat), #13 (Bald Peak), #14 “Light in Darkness.” (Very artsy, the word ‘Philo’ is seen on a rock), #15 (Patriarch of Mtn rock), #17 (Mtn Gorge), #22 (Azure Lake), #24 (Rift in rocks), #26 (pool), #28 (same image is in this lot but on manuscript mt, this titled “Giant’s Cleft.” the other titled “Giant’s Cliff.”) & #30 (people on summit, one man with telescope) (#14 has some stains near top left print, otherwise images G+ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc., Lot B) Previous starting bids $200 MB$110. | |
| $ 155 |
| | | (Inc Variants) Mostly LITTLETON (14 views) Aldrich “Thayer’s Hotel.”, Anon “Charles Rand’s House.”, 5 Kilburn; two variants #2482 “White Mtn Diamonds. Crystal Quartz.”, #3034 (overview of town), two variants of #4582 (group on and around a Thayer’s Hotel Stage) and 7 FG Weller; #87, 88, 116, 120, 121, 125, 129 (Inc some distant and some closer overviews, Main St) Images & mst G TO Exc. MB$75. | |
| $ 75 |
| | | (Inc Boat & Trains & Variants) (By SEAVER &/or POLLOCK) (21 views) 5 from series, From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean; #1, 5, 7, 10, 14. (2 trains, Crawford House, scenics), 9 White Mtns, NH series; two variants #13, 26, 30, 32, 35, 44, 49, 53. (Inc Willey House, Twin Mtn House, Professor & the Pool, LADY OF THE LAKE sidewheeler, Glendon House), 5 American Scenery New England Series; (White Mtn Notch, untitled junction of BC & M RR with people on platform, 2 Wolfborough RR Stn one of which inc a locomotive, Wolfborough overview), Tourists’ Series #18 (Halfway House) and (no markings, I believe by S &/or P, (untitled train view near summit) Images G++ TO Exc., mts Fair TO Exc. Previously offered at $150 MB$90. | |
| $ 90 |
| | | (Inc Variants) WHITE MOUNTAINS by ANTHONY: (44 views) #4404 - 4411, 4415 - 4417, 4420 - 4425, 4431 - 4433, 4436, 4437, 4439, (attributed by Andy as) 4440, 4443, 4444, 4447, 4449 - 4451, 4453, two variants #4455, 5369, 5370, 5589 - 5591, 5717, 8274, 8281 - 8283, 8302. (Inc Pool, Notch, many scenic views) Images G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. Previously offered at $160 MB$100. | |
| $ 100 |
| | | (Inc Covered Bridge & Train) (2 no bid lots, total 48 views) Lot A; (By Seaver &/or Pollock) WHITE MTNS (17 views) Descriptive Series “The Crawford House.”, 2 Lake Winnepiseogee series; No# (untitled, people by some bldgs) and #28 (Lake House hotel), 2 Series No.1 (train & Snowball the horse) & 11 Series No.2 (Inc variant of the workers by the tracks at base of Mt Wash in previous lot, also Serpentine Tree, Artist Falls House hotel, bridges, North Conway & more.) (Lot A; Several with light to moderate soil. Tones VG TO Exc., mts, one lightly creased-between, the rest G TO Exc.) & Lot B; MISC (31 views) Various different checklist series. 6 Anon maker White Mtn with checklist; #125, 126, 133, 135, 162, 164. (Inc scenics & train at base stn), Clough & Kimball #616 (Basin) & 10 AF Clough, various series; #76 (overview inc Orford NH & Fairlee VT), 3 Manchester; #102 (Smyth’s Block, photographer’s sign seen), #117 (river scenic) & #121 (Well in solid rock), #219 (toadstools), #223 (river scenic) & #257 (beaver or woodchuck), #291 (Wentworth from outskirts) & 2 Moosilauke; #309 (house & summit) & #311 (gathering wood near summit) 9Images G+ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc., LotB) Previous starting bids $250 MB$135. | |
| $ 205 |
| | | (Variants) SHAKER (2 WGC Kimball) Both #13 (Dining Hall) Images VG & Exc., mts VG+ to Exc. Previous starting bids $185 MB$100. | |
| $ 100 * |
| | | (Most or all NH) SIDEWHEELERS & OTHER BOATS (14 views) All have semi-modern penned notes mostly on back, according to Andy Griscom’s notes, these were made by a man named ‘Kidder,’ who was descended from a man who worked on the Mt Wash trains. Anon dull yellow mt (Steamer CHOCURUA, Alton Bay), Anon yellow mt “Steamer & Depot, Alton Bay.”, 4 C Pollock, I believe; on milky orge mt #10 (LADY OF THE LAKE), (on Niagara mt, image shows steamer MT WASHINGTON at Center Harbor) on American Scenery New England Series mt #48 (steamer MT WASHINGTON) and on White Mtn Scenery Descriptive series, “Steamer LADY OF THE LAKE, Lake Winnipiseogee.”, D A Clifford (sidewheeler with name? BOSTON & MAINE RR LINE), 2 Heywood / Rowell; #443 & #445 (the CHOCORUA at Wolfborough and at Senter Harbor), Attributed to FJ Moulton tall white mt (the LADY OF THE LAKE), Kilburn #2059 (boats MT WASHINGTON & LADY OF THE LAKE at Centre Harbor), Pressey & Hodge (Plymouth NH address, Resource says Rare) #20 (not real close view of a steamboat Kidder describes as ‘Unusual design, the superstructure appears to have been built on a scow.’), NW Pease (distant view of two sidewheelers at Centre Harbor) and J Soule #213 (LADY OF THE LAKE, Centre Harbor) Images G+ TO Exc., mts, all with the Kidder notes, G TO VG. MB$100. | |
| $ 110 |
| | | (Inc Tax Stamps & Variants) (31 NW Pease) 5 No# (Flume, 2 Ammonoosuc Falls, Jackson Falls, grand overview) & #22, 25, 65, 111, three variants #112, 114, three variants #115, 117, 120, 122, two variants #123, 125, 127, 130, (attributed as) #132, three variants #134, 186, 193. (White Mtns) Images generally G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. (2 views with Tax Stamps) MB$85. | |
| $ 85 |
| | | (Inc Covered Bridge) WHITE MOUNTAINS (32 JW & JS Moulton) 7 without series; (Inc North Conway, Pool & Basin. Mt Wash base & more), White Mtns Scenery series #265 (Artists’ Brook & Bridge), 7 (not same series as previous) White Mtns Scenery series; #251, 253, 260, 268, 279, 280, 285. (Mostly scenics, one train), 6 White Mtns & Vicinity series; #402, 404, 408, 426, 437, 450. (Bridge & trestle views, train, Profile House dining room) & 11 different White Mtns Scenery series; (New Series) #239, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251, 252, 266, 269 - 271. (Inc Kearsage, Intervale, Sunset Pavilion, Cathedral Rock, MacMillan House & more.) Images G+TO Exc., mts G TO Exc. MB$125. | |
| $ 125 |
| | | (Inc Fishing) WHITE MOUNTAINS (2 no bid lots, total 43 views) Lot A; (27 views) John Moran #652 (Franconia Iron Works), 4 Clough & Kimball Winter 1870-71 Mt Wash series; #24, 31, 37, 39 (3 scenics & Observatory), SF Adams (Station House hotel, Gorham), 10 JS Moulton; #125 - 127, 129, 130, 133, 138, 161 - 163 (mostly scenics, also Mt Wash base and train), 3 A Marshall (Boston address, Resource says this series is Scarce); #101, 105, 112 (scenics, one inc a fisherman) & 8 Edwin Peabody; #101, 103, 106, 119, next two Andy knowledgeably guessed; #129 or 130, #132 or 133 or 134, #142, 150. (Scenics) (Lot A; Images G+ TO Exc., mts Fair to G TO Exc.) & Lot B; (16 views) 12 D Appleton glazed gray mts; #200, 201, 204, 207 - 209, 215, 218, 222, 226, 227, 229. (Inc Halfway House, Diana’s Bath, North Conway, etc.) & 4 FB Gage pub by Anthony; #29, 30, 37, 40 (2 Flume, Emerald Pool, Tip Top House) (Images G+ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc., Lot B) Previous starting bids $210 MB$120. | |
| $ 120 |
| | | Much WHITE MOUNTAINS (2 no bid lots, total 48 views) Lot A; (28 Franklin White) Inc Flumes at Franconia & Dixville, Echo Lake, mostly scenic views, also one of the Prof of the Pond, John Merrill. (Lot A; The Merrill view has some discoloration area over part of his leg, images otherwise G++ TO Exc., mts G TO Exc.) & Lot B; (20 views) 2 Heywood (these have ‘Photo by Heywood’ in Period-looking pencil and may be autographs) (Untitled scenic) & “Lake near summit of Mt Lafayette.”, Heywood/Friend #296 (Willey House), 11 Heywood / Rowell; #301, 456, 459, 460, 466, 469, 471, 478, 487, 494, 507. (Inc 2 of the Nickerson Mill, MacMillan House, Tip Top House, scenics) & 6 Fifield; #1, 88, 105, 130, 132, 134. (Inc Old Man of the Mtn, the rest Flume & Basin area. #1 shows a shack which I think is Fifield’s) (Images G with better tones TO Exc., mts Fair (creased between) TO Exc., Lot B) Previous starting bids $200 MB$120. | |
| $ 120 |
| | | THE PHILOSOPHER by BIERSTADT BROS (2 views) #272 & 320 (both close-ups, I’d guess circa early 1860s, earlier than most views of him and first time I’ve seen Bierstadt’s version.) Images Exc., mts VG. MB$60 | |
| $ 110 |
| | | FINE INTERIORS, TIP TOP HOUSE by BIERSTADT BROS (2 views) No# or title (sign can be discerned regarding Tip Top House Photographs, image Exc., mt G+) & #416 (more people, might be a different room, image Exc., mt VG) MB$150. | |
| $ 270 |
| | | (Photo Related) RARE VARIANTS OF JA FRENCH, THE PHOTOGRAPHER HIMSELF: (2 views) Variants of #333 “The Young Bachelor.” (French with his work robes, darning a sock.) One of the views has a minor smallish spot in the background and some browning in lower areas, otherwise tones G++ & VG+ to Exc., mts G to G+ & VG. MB$50. | |
| $ 50 |
| | | (Photo Related) RARE VARIANTS OF JA FRENCH, THE PHOTOGRAPHER, HIMSELF: (2 views) Variants of #497 “Seeking to spy out the mysteries of photography.” (French with a nosy & pesky customer) One of the views has some minor discoloration in the background. Images otherwise VG & VG+ to Exc., mts VG+ to Exc. MB$75. | |
| $ 843 |
