An eBay seller is offering this hand-colored 19th century photograph
of a group of brass band musicians.
The hand-colored photo measures 5.5" x 4.25" and has been trimmed on edges, corner bend, writing on back, and never glued in album, according to the listing.
I like this image--it has a Tom Wait's feel to it. If you like it, too, click the link above and place your bid. The auction ends soon.
There's a nice eBay auction for a hand-signed photograph of Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.
Click on the link and check it out.
There's a fun eBay auction for a hand-signed autographed 8" x 10" photo of the cast of the legendary TV Series Lost in Space.
According to the listing, the photo is signed by Jonathan Harris, Mark Goddard, Guy Williams, Angela Cartwright, June Lockhart, Bill Mumy, and Marta Kristen.
My favorite character was the Robot (not pictured).
Ho, Ho, Ho, and Merry Christmas!
Up for bid on eBay is an original 8x10 black-and-white photo of Olivia de Havilland at her Beverly Hills hilltop home from the archives of a well-known weekly magazine.
"I believe this is from 1950 because there are two Oscars on her mantelpiece, and she won her second in 1950 for 'The Heiress'," says the seller. "Also because she is wearing the same outfit as in my photo of Olivia and her husband, which appeared in the magazine on June 11, 1950. This is not a reprint. I don't know the source; perhaps it was taken specially for the magazine. It is a gorgeous shot of a lovely and talented actress."
An antique Victorian photograph album, produced by the renowned James Russell & Sons' Studio, is up for bid on eBay.
"This item is quite a find in my opinion," says the seller. "...with identifications possible not only of the royal figures who open the album, but, as I will show, the head photographer's youngest son John Lemmon and his family. I am setting a reserve to reflect both the value of some of the individual cartes, which include three unusual post-mortems, cats & dogs & of course royalty etc., but also in the hope that this collection will not be broken, as it is a fascinating slice of photographic history."
The seller's vivid description continues, "From the very personal and comprehensive cartes of the children included inside, the album must have belonged either to John himself or to a very close relative or perhaps the nanny, though I'm not sure it would be within a domestic servant's means, unless given as a gift.
The Russell family operated a photographic studio at 65 East Street, Chichester for over 40 years (1862 to 1903). All of James Russell senior's sons became photographers. Here are some of the passages pertaining to John Lemmon Russell in particular. These references are in regards to dates later than that of most of the photographs in the album: Around 1881, John Lemmon Russell (born 1846), Russell's youngest son, was despatched to London to establish branch studios in the capital. Over the next decade, John Lemmon Russell set up branch studios of J. Russell & Sons at Tufnell Park in N. W. London, Brompton Road in S. W. London, Brecknock Road in North London, and Baker Street in West London. On 3rd May,1897, a Royal Warrant was granted to Russell & Sons. By this date the head of the firm was John Lemmon Russell. The wording of the Royal Warrant refers to 'J. L. Russell, A. H. Russell, & E. G. Russell, trading as Russell & Sons, Photographers to Her Majesty.' John Lemmon Russell was J. L. Russell and A. H. and E. G. were apparently his two photographer sons - Arthur Henry Russell (born 1875, Chichester) [almost definitely represented in album] and Edward G. Russell (born c1882 London).
Adding to the appeal of the family photographs, are a cdv of Edward Prince of Wales & children, plus Princess Alexandra. There are two dog and two cat portraits, some local scenes, and a birdcage one of the children has been given as a prop. Also a wedding and some fine but unidentified family and friends. With the three post-mortems (two of which are on unusual black mourning mounts), there is a printed poem to their son 'ON A FADED FLOWER' written by a J. Fletcher--quite possibly read out loud at the funeral. It mentions him being 'amongst a group of seven,' and there is a baby photo probably the youngest not yet born at the time of the montage. At the back of the album are a loose trimmed WWI era postcard, and a pair of pressed leaves of unspecified sentimental association."
A very rare vintage cabinet card photo of the posse after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1904 is up for grabs on eBay.
According to the seller, the robbery that sparked the posse was committed on June 7, 1904, by an outlaw named Harvey Logan who attempted one of the West's last train robberies in Colorado. Also known as Kid Curry, Logan was a member of Butch Cassidy's notorious "Hole in the Wall" gang. When the westbound Denver & Rio Grande train made its scheduled 1:15 a.m. stop in Parachute on that Tuesday morning, a man scrambled on board. He ordered the engineer at gun point to proceed to Streit Flats. There he was joined by two accomplices. The three outlaws forced the Baggage Master to open the doors of the baggage car and blew open the safe with a charge of dynamite. They were expecting to find a shipment of gold. Historians never established that they actually did. In fact, it is believed by many that the gold had been sent through on a earlier train. After blowing the safe, the outlaws headed directly for the Colorado River. They crossed the river and mounted horses which they had hidden on the south side. The headed for Battlement Mesa, stealing fresh mounts as they went. In the meantime, lawmen from Grand Junction and Parachute, along with several local ranchers, formed a posse to pursue the outlaws. Here are the 16 men with their shotguns and rifles. Back says, Parachute Robbery Posse Rifle, Colorado, June 9th 1904.
This photos, up for bid on eBay, depicts opium smokers in an Old West opium dens.
"Opium dens became popular in the old West from the late nineteenth century into the early 20th century," says the seller.
An original 1933 wonderfully composed photograph of Marion Davies is up for bid on eBay. This double-weight gallery photograph with blind stamp and verso ink stamp was made by photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull.
The seller says, "This is a wonderful Hollywood memorabilia treasure featuring the lovely Marion Davies in ingénue view. Bull was the photographer who best captured Davies' zest for life, and this was printed by hand by Bull, and this was created as a gallery publicity view, not for public distribution, but as an exclusive view for the Examiner, with great notations on verso including, 'This art okayed by Miss Davies.' (She was one of very few stars to be afforded this privilege.) Incredibly rare. A great custom gallery portrait still that measures 10" x 13" This photograph is just an incredible document, and very rare Hollywood treasure."
This 1937 International News candid photo of William Powell at Jean Harlow's funeral is on the eBay auction block.
According to the listing, the photo was purchased from an estate of a newspaper man. This is a published photo dated 6-9-37 from the International News Photo Los Angeles Bureau. William Powell ("Romantic Partner" of Jean Harlow) as he arrives accompanied by his mother Nettie Powell and screenwriter Otis Wiles at Forest Lawn Cemetery for her funeral service.
The original caption, included in this auction lot, fully explains the photo.
The eBay seller of this 1800s African American photograph album
says, "I recently obtained this item from a local man in reply to my newspaper ad wanting to buy old stuff. In asking about it, he told me that many years ago he accepted this old photo album as partial payment exchange for some work done on his home. The man who had it told him it came from a local Cumberland County, Virginia, White Family who had a live-in Black "Mammy" maid who took care of the White Families children, and the lady liked the Black woman so much, she paid to have her and members of her family photographed and presented the "Mammy" with the album. The White ladies photograph is at the end of the album. Sadly, there is no writing, no markings anywhere in the album, so we don't know who the people are or the time frame of the photographs. However, from studying the period clothing, I get a sense that this album dates from post Civil War, circa 1870's to perhaps 1880's."
According to the listing, the album is in rather rough shape, no doubt well viewed over the generations. There are fourteen thick, board pages, or leaves, comprising the album and each leaf has a vignette cut-out hole that can contain up to two photos(back-to-back), so mind you, many leaves have only one photo or none. Even though the album can hold up to 28 photos, again, there are 13 photos in the album.
"Albums like this are very hard to come by and this album represents an insight into post-Civil War Virginia family photography," the seller concludes.
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