May 22, 2007 - Sale 2115

Sale 2115 - Lot 230

Price Realized: $ 1,960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
MEXICO & CUBA briquet; waite; corral
Album containing more than 100 unmounted photographs, comprising 65 of Mexico and 40 of Cuba, including street scenes and ethnographic studies of locals in puebla, cholula, guanajato and tampico, with several credited to Briquet or Waite, and picturesque views throughout Havana and Colon, each measuring about 4 1/2x 6 1/2 inches, by Corral; and 5 prints of southern California. Printing-out paper and albumen (2) prints, 4 1/4x7 1/2 to 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (11.5x19 to 17.8x24.2 cm.), many with captions in the negative. Oblong folio, 1/4 morocco, worn; contents unbound; photographs are clean and bright. 1880s

Additional Details

An album apparently compiled to commemorate a trip made by an unidentified delegation to Mexico and Cuba. The group appears in pictures sequenced at the end of the album.