Lot 385
Dimensions 1.75" x 4.25". This lot has been selected between many others to be part of our exclusive auctions for historical photography and picture postcards that are held 2 times a month in our internet venues through www.artelisted.com . Our team in Artelisted strives to offer only high-quality pictures from collections around the world. Items with historical value are reaching important number figures under the hammer. Most certainly, the highlight so far was Bauhauskarte Nr. 5 of a Paul Klee lithograph in an auction house in Germany. For the first time a hammer price of more than 20,000 euros was achived for a single picture postcard. Many other results are often obtained with many themes as Thiele, fine art, mountain faces, genre, war, etc postcards sold many times in the range of 1,000s dollars. This is a high-quality, authentic and historical photographic plate from the 1900s to 1920s. This period includes WWI - a watershed event in the history of photography. During the early 20th century, glass plates like this one were a far better medium than film for research-quality imaging because they were extremely stable and less likely to bend or distort, especially in large-format frames for wide-field imaging. The following quote is from the _International Encyclopedia of the First World Warî: During the First World War professional and amateur photographers prepared to document events as war approached. Europe was extensively photographed by commercial press photographers. They documented the events using medium format glass plate cameras optimized for press use and hoping to record a unique personal experience. During WWI, hopes for detailed photographic coverage were quickly disappointed. Both the armed forces and the civilian authorities sought to limit photographers access to events as much as possible. In the very early days of the War secrecy was a bit of an obsession and cameras were used for espionage. But with time, the Belgian Army, desperate to garner international support, allowed Allied and neutral civilian press photographers considerable freedom to photograph the armys attempts to resist the German advance. The result was one of the first wartime demonstrations of the power of photography as propaganda. Now, these photographic plates documenting WWI are rare and highly collectable.
- Provenance: Fine estate collector in Paris.
- Condition: This is an authentic old item and it is likely not in perfect condition. It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us._ Please look at the images carefully!_ A scanner may "see" a image differently than human eyes will, so it is possible that the actual image may be slightly darker or lighter in person.
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| $5,000 + | $200 |