Apr 20, 2017 - Sale 2443

Sale 2443 - Lot 299

Price Realized: $ 4,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JOHN TROST (1868-1944)
Dramatic image of fires sweeping an oil field in Texas, with numerous spectators in horse-drawn wagons watching the event unfold.
Panoramic silver print, the image measuring 9 1/2x29 1/2 inches (24.1x74.9 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Trost's credit in the negative; in a period frame. Circa 1910