Below is an offering of a number of LIFE magazine photographs that have been consigned to us. The offerings below are at very good prices, and most were printed in the LIFE labs about 25 years ago. There are also three Cartier-Bresson prints at the bottom. |
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) Waiters, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1932 Image size 11½ x 16½ inches: $4,000 (2/50) Retail price is $9,000, but the signature has badly faded. Two small handling creases at top and bottom. (Sold) |
Leonard McCombe (born 1923) Men Enjoying Ice Cream,Iowa State Fair, 1952 Aprox. image size 9 x 13 inches: $1,600 (2/50) Print has some horizontal ripples that are not objectionable. Signed on verso. |
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936 Image size 11 x 10 inches: $2,600 (2/50) Retail price is $3,500, posthumous limited-edition print This was the first cover photograph for LIFE magazine. The condition is excellent. |
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) Taxi Dancers with Dam Builders in a Saloon near Fort Peck, Montana, 1936 Image size 12 x 16 inches: $800 (2/50) Retail price is $1,400, posthumous limited-edition print Print has one small crease. This was in LIFE's first issue. |
Carl Mydans (1907-2004) The Village Fire Department, Lung Chaun-i, China, 1941 Image size 14 x 12 inches: $1,200 (2/50) Retail price is $1,800, and the signature has faded somewhat. Overall the condition is excellent. |
Carl Mydans (1907-2004) Barmaid in the Oil Boom Town of Freer, Texas, 1938 Image size 12 x 15½ inches: $2,500 (2/50) Retail price is $5,000, and the signature has faded quite a bit. Print has a few subtle handling dings. |
Nina Leen (1909-1995) Herr and Frau Fritz Kehl Dine on the Terrace of their Bombed Villa, Berlin, 1950 Image size 12 x 12 inches: $2,500 (2/50) Print is signed on the front. The condition is excellent. |
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) Priest Guarding the Door to Haile Salassie's Church, Gondor, Ethiopia, 1955 Image size 14 x 9½ inches: $2,000 (2/50) Retail price is $3,500, and the signature has not faded. Print has a small crease on the left side. |
Carl Mydans (1907-2004) On the 6:25 from Grand Central to Stamford, November 22, 1963 Aprox. image size 11 x 15 inches: $12,000 (2/50) Retail price is $26,000, and the signature has faded quite a bit. The condition is excellent. |
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) George Bernard Shaw at his Typewriter, London, 1932 Aprox. image size 12 x 9 inches: $4,500 (2/50) Retail price is $6,000, and the signature has not faded. The print is in excellent condition. |
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) Brussels, 1932 Image size 9½ x 14 inches: $12,000 This has always been considered a mysterious photograph! It's condition is excellent. (SOLD) |
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) Hyères, France, 1932 Aprox. image size 12 x 17½ inches: $17,000 I have reduced its price by $1,000. It's one of Cartier-Bresson's great decisive moments photographs. (Sold) |