Nov 17, 2020 - Sale 2551

Sale 2551 - Lot 19

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
EDISON, THOMAS A. Large Photograph Signed and Inscribed, to cinema pioneer George Kleine, bust portrait by Bachrach, showing him in profile. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. Additionally signed and dated ("[19]24") by the photographer at lower right. 15 3/4x9 3/4 inches; minor creases at upper left. Np, circa 1924

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George Kleine (1864-1931), was an American motion picture producer and distributor, who purchased a version of Edison's "Kinetoscope" film projection system in the 1890s, and in 1909, became involved the formation of Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company.