Apr 04, 2012 - Sale 2274

Sale 2274 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 24,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(FAR EAST)
Portfolio containing more than 90 professional photographs of a German dignitary's Asian and American travels, comprising 50 of China, with scenes of Shanghai, Kalgan, Peking, Hangchow, Mukden, and rural villages; 20 of Japan; 3 of Korea; 2 of Singapore; and 20 of the U.S. Silver prints, 6x7 1/2 inches (15.2x19.1 cm.), and smaller, the mounts measure 17 3/4x12 3/4 inches (45.1x32.4 cm.), many with a caption, in German and in ink, on mount recto. Folio-size cloth jacket with wraparound image of a geisha, lightly soiled; contents loose as issued. 1930s