CDVs & Cabinet Cards
CDVs & cabinet cards
THE AUCTION IS CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE IT A SUCCESS!
| BID | BIDDING INCREMENTS | BIDDING INFO |
| $1-$100 | $5.00 | PHONE: 1-304-241-4241 |
| $101-$500 | $10.00 | PHONE/TEXT: 1-217-546-4654 |
| $501-$1,000 | $50.00 | EMAIL: capitolgallery@gmail.com |
| $1,001-$10,000 | $100.00 | |
| Over $10,001 | $500.00 |
Lot 67
Rare, fabulous advertising cdv for Gibus and Ferry who were a prominent 19th-century partnership of French hatters operating a highly successful business in London selling a patented collapsible opera hat….(more)
Opening bid: $190
Current bid: $
Lot 68
Extraordinary cdv of a clown artfully posed on his bike, which is hilariously held up by an intricate rope tied to two of the small saplings behind him. There is a handwritten description below that reads, “Mayor’s Fancy Dress Ball, Oct 28/97”…(more)
Opening bid: $55
Current bid: $
Lot 69
Stellar cdv of a young woman with gorgeous ringlets in her hair and posed with her back to the camera….(more)
Opening bid: $60
Current bid: $
Lot 70
Fascinating cdv of the Minnesota River Ferry about to launch a boat that is carrying a man on a wagon pulled by two horses…(more)
Opening bid: $85
Current bid: $
Lot 71
Stellar advertising cdv for Pritchard’s Teething & Fever Powders…(more)
Opening bid: $120
Current bid: $120
Lot 72
Delightful cdv of a happy older woman working with her spinning wheel…(more)
Opening bid: $20
Current bid: $
Lot 74
Strong Boston Civil War cdv of a Lieutenant holding his hat in his lap…..(more)
Opening bid: $65
Current bid: $65
Lot 75
Dramatic cdv of the famous Ole Bornemann Bull, a Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer...(more)
Opening bid: $50
Current bid: $50
Lot 76
Stunning cdv of Clara Louise Kellogg, an American operatic dramatic soprano with a range of two and one-half octaves...There is a variant of this photograph with Clara wearing the same outfit in the National Portrait Gallery...(more)
Opening bid: $45
Current bid: $
Lot 77
Gorgeous cdv of Isabella Hinckley, one of the first Americans to win critical recognition as a serious operatic singer…There is a variant of this cdv of her in the same dress in the Boston Library…..more)
Opening bid: $45
Current bid: $
Lot 78
Stunning profile cdv of a gorgeous young woman who we suspect is an opera singer or actress. There is a name written on the back that appears to read Bossetti…(more)
Opening bid: $35
Current bid: $
Lot 79
Strong cdv of writer Francis Brett Hart. Known professionally as Bret Harte he was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush...There is a similar cabinet card also by Sarony in the National Portrait Gallery...(more)
Opening bid: $45
Current bid: $45
Lot 80
Rare early Los Angeles cdv by Rodrigo & Wolfenstein. The two were a prominent 19th-century photography partnership in one of the earliest Los Angeles studios…(more)
Opening bid: $25
Current bid: $25
Lot 81
Incredible advertising cabinet card for Funeral Directors the Ambler Bros…(more).
Opening bid: $25
Current bid: $
Lot 82
Stylish Southern cdv of a dashing young gentleman posed in a casual manner with hat in hand…(more)
Opening bid: $45
Current bid: $
Lot 83
Fascinating hand tinted cdv with an identification on the back that reads “La ci darem la mano Don Giovanni.” We can’t quite decipher the next line but after that it reads that “it is a souvenir from Charleston, SC, 6th of April 1866.” It is signed “Wm. A. Walker Sept 1863”….(more)
Opening bid: $10
Current bid: $
Lot 85
Three family portrait cdvs by the famous photographer John Whipple, Boston…(more)
Opening bid: $15
Current bid: $
Lot 86
Cute cdv of a stylish young boy in a delightful pose. With legs crossed, he leans on a chair used by the famous Matthew Brady, offering a wonderful study of the studio...(more)
Opening bid: $10
Current bid: $10
Lot 88
Five Maine photographs including two cdv tintypes and three cdvs. The three cdvs show what appears to be family members and most likely a mother and daughter. All are by Loring’s Rooms, Eastport, Me…(more)
Opening bid: $25
Current bid: $25
Lot 89
Two cdv portraits with the first being a stamp size gem photo of a woman identified on the back in script as Mary Laiyden Bradbury. The next is a vignette image of a cool looking gentleman with a great goatee. ..(more)
Opening bid: $10
Current bid: $
Lot 90
Hilarious hand tinted occupational cdv by the well- known German photographer Georges Sommer….(more)
Opening bid: $25
Current bid: $25
Lot 91
Interesting Georges Sommer cdv of two young boys in tattered clothing...(more)
Opening bid: $5
Current bid: $15
Lot 92
Stupendous cabinet card of a smiling young boy artfully posed and holding the hand of a life size “Brownie.”…(more)
Opening bid: $180
Current bid: $190
Lot 93
Exciting oversized occupational cabinet card identified on the back as Alfred Farncomb…Medical Faculty of Trinity University Toronto, 1884, and Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1884…. (more)
Opening bid: $150
Current bid: $
Lot 94
Dynamic cabinet card of a handsome African American gentleman with a hint of a smile on his face....(more)
Opening bid: $40
Current bid: $50
Lot 95
Rare cabinet card of what is most likely a Pawnee tribe warrior in a late 19th century outfit, holding his war club in one hand and a game bird -perhaps a small turkey- in the other hand….(more)
Opening bid: $130
Current bid: $130
Lot 96
Superb larger format cabinet card that is identified on back as the Genoa Nebraska Indian School….(more)
Opening bid: $40
Current bid: $85
Lot 97
Interesting, long, slender format cabinet card, 2 7/8” x 6 ½”, of a photographer posed with his camera….(more)
Opening bid: $40
Current bid: $
Lot 98
Spectacular pair of cabinet cards of a gorgeous young girl posed playing a humongous harp….(more)
Opening bid: $50
Current bid: $
Lot 99
Sweet fun cabinet card of a smiling young girl happily posed with her precious cat sitting on her shoulder….(more)
Opening bid: $55
Current bid: $
Lot 100
Fascinating cabinet card of a woman holding her four songbirds on a perch high in the air…(more)
Opening bid: $35
Current bid: $
Lot 101
Engaging cabinet card identified on the back as The Black Watch…(more)
Opening bid: $25
Current bid: $
Lot 102
Spectacular cabinet card showing the Black Watch regimental crest…(more)
Opening bid: $30
Current bid: $
Lot 103
Rare English cabinet card purchased with one of the programs for the “Original Ceylon Minstrels Grand 2nd Concert on the Quarter Deck at 8 O’Clock. P.M. Saturday – 25th June 1886. Big Penn, Manager.” Inside is the program with the original players..(more)
Opening bid: $50
Current bid: $
Lot 104
Fabulous cabinet card of an older gentleman in deep concentration as he reads a large book. It is identified on the back as H.B., Dec. 25th, 1884, 100 years old…(more)
Opening bid: $25
Current bid: $
Lot 105
Brilliant cabinet card of a banjo player with some attitude. His expression seems to say I’m the best player in Washington and as soon as I start picking you’ll know it!..(more)
Opening bid: $40
Current bid: $60
Lot 106
Interesting oversized cabinet card identified on the back as “Bears at Hotel Roberval Lake St John Canada, July 1896.”…(more)
Opening bid: $10
Current bid: $
Lot 107
Amazing western cabinet card titled on the bottom in ink “burro train”….(more)
Opening bid: $10
Current bid: $15
Lot 108
Killer occupational cabinet card showing a farmer operating his McCormick reaper…(more)
Opening bid: $5
Current bid: $5