LINK O WINSTON (1914 2001) Virginia Creeper Crossing Bridge

Sale 2335 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 5,750

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

LINK, O. WINSTON (1914-2001)
"Virginia Creeper Crossing Bridge 52, New Abingdon Branch, Creek Junction, VA." Silver print, 19 3/8x15 1/2 inches (49.2x39.4 cm.), with Link's signature, dates, and negative notations, in pencil, and with his copyright hand stamp also with the negative notations, in ink, on verso. 1955; printed 1985

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From the Collection of Scott MacPhee.
Link considered this to be one of the best photographs he ever took, due to the technical difficulty required to capture the elevated train. (The bridge pictured in this photograph was washed out a year after the image was taken.) This photograph is accompanied by Link's handwritten note, on what appears to be the backboard to the original frame, which touches on "a long long tale of woe"--Link's unsuccessful attempt to buy the entire 55 miles and 105 bridges of the Abingdon Branch before it closed down.