On Thursday, February 11, Swann Galleries will auction the Jerome Shochet Collection of Signed Historical Photographs, which includes those of U.S. presidents, writers, artists and other important historical figures from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Highlights of the sale include presidential portraits, Civil War and World War II era photographs, and portraits of literary figures, musicians, as well as inventors and scientists, according to a Swann Galleries press release.
Presidential highlights include one of the earliest signed images of any president, a boldly signed carte-de-visite portrait of John Quincy Adams, dated approximately 1825 (Estimate: $6,000 to $9,000). Carte-De-Visite photographs were small albumen prints mounted on cards 2-1/2 by 4 inches.
Also of special note is a seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner, signed “A. Lincoln,” estimated at $40,000 to $60,000. A rare, unusually large portrait of Chester Arthur, inscribed to John Jameson of Amherst, Massachusetts ($10,000 to $15,000), a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and his Cabinet in Washington, signed by the president and nine others in the image, dated 1906 ($10,000 to $15,000) are also up for auction.
Highlights of the sale include presidential portraits, Civil War and World War II era photographs, and portraits of literary figures, musicians, as well as inventors and scientists, according to a Swann Galleries press release.
Presidential highlights include one of the earliest signed images of any president, a boldly signed carte-de-visite portrait of John Quincy Adams, dated approximately 1825 (Estimate: $6,000 to $9,000). Carte-De-Visite photographs were small albumen prints mounted on cards 2-1/2 by 4 inches.
Also of special note is a seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner, signed “A. Lincoln,” estimated at $40,000 to $60,000. A rare, unusually large portrait of Chester Arthur, inscribed to John Jameson of Amherst, Massachusetts ($10,000 to $15,000), a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and his Cabinet in Washington, signed by the president and nine others in the image, dated 1906 ($10,000 to $15,000) are also up for auction.
