Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 358

Price Realized: $ 11,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(PACIFIC ISLANDS.) Two collections of early photographs, comprising: an impressive group of 30 early cartes-de-visite of diverse islanders; and a 1/2 calf portfolio containing 8 large card mounts (310x490 mm) featuring, in total, 18 albumens and 8 mounted stereos, with an additional smaller mounted landscape of the now-destroyed Pink and White Terraces of Lake Rotomahana in New Zealand. [Southern Pacific, 1860s?]

Additional Details

The grouping contains a wide variety of views and portraits, and includes a number of pieces of missionary and ethnographic interest.