Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Barry, David F. Cabinet card portrait of Bob Brave Bear, Yanktonai. Albumen print, 5 3/4 x 4 inches, on plain mount with photographer's backmark and printed caption label; minor wear and soiling. Bismarck, DT, 1880s?
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Bob Brave Bear was executed for murder in 1882. His own father, when informed that he was dead, replied "It is well. We are glad, his mother and myself, for he was a bad son" (McLaughlin, My Friend the Indian, page 40).