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Subject: purchasing vintage photography
Category: Arts and Entertainment
Asked by: chromie-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 13 Feb 2005 21:46 PST
Expires: 15 Mar 2005 21:46 PST
Question ID: 474154
I am interested in the photographs of Timothy O'Sullivan, a nineteenth
century landscape photographer. Can you tell me if these images ever
come up for auction? Can you tell me the last amount an albumen print
of his cost at auction or from a dealer?
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Subject: Re: purchasing vintage photography
Answered By: belindalevez-ga on 09 Mar 2005 06:26 PST
 
<Timothy O?Sullivan photographs.

The latest auction record that I could find is from December 2004. 

Auction records.

This lot came up for sale Dec 2-3, 2004.
Lot 409. Civil War Photograph, Field Where General Reynolds Fell.
Albumen image 8.75 x 7?. Price $1,495
http://216.23.34.58/public/demo/past_search_results.asp

Cowan?s Auctions Inc.
This following lots came up for sale in May 2003.
A lot of 6 photographs by O?Sullivan sold for $10,925
A lot of 5 photographs by O?sullivan sold for $3,450
http://216.23.34.58/public/demo/upcoming_search_results.asp

Lot 549 of 4 albumen prints including two by Timothy O?Sullivan sold for $23,000
http://216.23.34.58/public/demo/past_sales_lots.asp?page=19&SaleId=32&String=

Art Price has 59 auction records for the works of Timothy O?Sullivan
(1840-1882). The most recent in October 2004.
http://web.artprice.com/ps/psdetails.aspx?idArtist=MTA0ODY4NzM2NDYxNzc=

Art Price charges a fee to view the records from $1.00 per unit.
http://web.artprice.com/client/unitselect.aspx

At Siegel Auctions  on April 8, 1997, the following lot came up for
sale and realised $2,200.
Five albumen prints each 8-3/4  x 6-3/4 in from Gardner's INCIDENTS OF
THE WAR, each consisting of groups of officers including "Lt. Col.
Butler, and Regimental Staff, 93rd N.Y.V. Infantry," "Group of
Officers N.Y.V., Germantown Va.," "Capt. E.Hobart's Company" "Major
General J.E. Hooker and Staff", etc., mildew staining most evident in
the borders and back only, last image with small tear at top.
http://www.siegelauctions.com/1997/786/ya7863.htm
Robert A. Siegel ? Home page.
http://www.siegelauctions.com/home.htm


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Dealer prices.

Andrew Smithy Gallery Inc. has 7 prints for sale. Prices range from
$900 to $22,000.
http://www.fotoinventory.com/asmith/index.cfm?CFID=262784&CFTOKEN=63134197&

The Andrew Smith Gallery had an albumen print for sale for $18,000
Title: Canon de Chelle. Walls of the Grand Canon about 1200 Feet in Height.
Size: 7.9 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1873
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:TXGStv7ZqzwJ:www.artnet.com/ag/fineartdetail.asp%3Fwid%3D423860671+%22timothy+o%27sullivan%22+albumen+price&hl=en

Aperture Foundation has an albumen print for sale at $950.00
Cooleys Park, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona, 1873.
http://www.aperture.org/store/prints-detail.aspx?ID=297

Dankphoto.com has an albumen photograph for sale at $3000.
Title: ?Lost Lakes, near Meigs Peak, Colorado. 1874.
Size 8? x 10.75?.
http://www.dankphoto.com/usa/lostlakes.html

This site has a ?boudoir? size yellow mount stereo view (4-1/4x7?). Price $325
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:2pCWJf39Gg4J:www.craigcamera.com/pho_osullivan1.htm+%22timothy+o%27sullivan%22+price&hl=en>



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<Hope this helps.>
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Subject: Re: purchasing vintage photography
From: jquest21-ga on 15 Feb 2005 08:10 PST
 
You may find what your looking for here 
http://camerafinder.com/
Its a new source for items of the type , hope you find what you are looking for

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