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American Indian George W Bretz Silver Gelatin Photos Album. Sold for nearly $50,000.
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One of the most important books on the history of America (cited by Borba de Moraes, Howes, Sabin and Wing), the 1671 first edition of ”America: Being the Latest and Most Accurate Description of the New World”. Privately printed in London by the author, Arnoldus Montanus, and edited by John Ogilby. In ”America” Montanus goes into great detail of the new continents, with dozens of engravings of Native Americans, species of animals and reptiles, and the landscapes and settlements in the new world, accompanied by text. The book covers speculation regarding the earliest voyages to America, along with later recorded voyages and the settlements of New Netherlands/New York, New England, Hudson’s Bay, Labrador, Canada, Nova Scotia, Maryland, Virginia, (including Captain Smith’s capture and rescue by Pocahontas), Carolinas, Florida and California, plus accounts of Mexico and nearby islands, even including Australia and New Zealand. 674pp. book contains 75 original engravings (64 copper plates within the text and 9 plates throughout), lacking the maps and 28 engravings, which is typical as this edition is almost never found with all plates intact. All text is complete except for missing pages 445-446. Large format book measures 10” x 15”. Bound in original full leather boards, with some loss of leather to covers, cracking along spine and front board detached. Interior text is near fine and very readable. An important and fascinating addition to early knowledge of the American continent. Sold for $9,375.
Albumen photograph of the mass grave from Wounded Knee, taken 1 January 1891, three days after the massacre on 29 December 1890. Photograph is captioned in the negative, “Bureal of the Dead at the BattleField of Wounded Knee S.D.” and published in “Eyewitness at Wounded Knee” where it stated that this mass grave “on the small hill where the Hotchkiss guns had been positioned” would ultimately contain 146 bodies. This photograph and another albumen were both taken by Northwestern Photo Co. of Chadron, Nebraska, whose company is well known for documenting the Wounded Knee massacre and its aftermath. Photograph measures 7″ x 4.25″, affixed to mat where the other 7″ x 4.25″ photograph on verso, possibly unpublished, shows Buffalo Bill Cody standing alongside Lakota Sioux (possibly with Big Road at center) and U.S. officers. Mat measures 10″ x 7″. Some buckling, foxing and staining to mat. Small abrasion to bottom left of Buffalo Bill photo, overall very good condition. Sold for $2,500.
Two American Indian Signed Cabinet Cards
Two Native-American cabinet cards signed, both housed in one frame. One is named Spotted Tail and the other is named Red Cloud with a short biography below each image; Spotted Tail was “known for being a shrewd and calculating warrior and chief” while Red Cloud “orchestrated the most successful war against the United States ever fought by an Indian nation.” Overall condition is fine with the Spotted Tail photo having a pinhole at top. Sold for $1,504.
Two original albumen prints from 1891, taken by Northwestern Photo Co. of Chadron, Nebraska, whose company is well known for documenting the aftermath of the Wounded Knee massacre. At least one of the photos was taken by photographer Clarence Moreledge at the Pine Ridge Agency, showing Lieutenant John J. Pershing posing with his Indian Scouts in front of a tipi. Photograph reads in the negative, ”Troop ‘B’ Ogallalas Indian scouts”. The other possibly unpublished photo shows U.S. cavalry troops formed in a semi-circle at or near Pine Ridge, numbered 122 in pencil on the mat, likely taken by photographer George Trager. Photos measure 7” x 4.25”, affixed to an album mat measuring 10” x 7”. Some buckling and staining to mat. Photos are a bit light, but overall in very good condition. Sold for $1,250.
Nineteenth Century Albumen Photograph of Sitting Bull Measuring 3.75″ x 5.25″ — Along With Photographs of Indian Policeman Fast Horse, Chief Flying Horse, and The Misses Few Tails
Albumen photographs of Lakota leaders, circa mid-1880s, including one of Sitting Bull shortly before he was killed. Album page contains four albumen photographs, each measuring 3.75″ x 5.25″, of Sitting Bull, Indian Policeman Fast Horse, Chief Flying Horse, and The Misses Few Tails, all posed in front of a studio backdrop showing Native American battle scenes. Album page originates from the photography studio of Northwestern Photo Co. of Chadron, Nebraska, well known for documenting the Wounded Knee Massacre immediately after it happened. Page measures 10″ x 7″. Some moisture discoloration to mat, not affecting photos which, apart from a small amount of foxing and fading to Chief Flying Horse, are near fine. Sold for $1,233.
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