Photographs and Albums from the USA, 1876 onwards

1) Luxury album, red leather with gold decoration and emblem, 25 x 31 cm, inside pages lined with silk, "A souvenir of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the firm of William Champness & son from his employees", 13 plates with photographs of the firm then and now, group photos and 13 plates with the 364 names of the employees, excellently preserved. (2-/2) – 2) Book 25 x 18 cm of 116 pages with mounted photographs: London 1903 "A six month tour around the world", complete with 22 photographs from 5.5 x 8.5 to 12 x 16.5 cm and 11 panoramic photographs 5.5 x 18 cm. (3/3) – 3) Wilde and Ganzlin, Berlin 1893. "Chicago World’s Fair 1893", complete folder with 32 pictures (print), views of the buildings with details of the costs, last picture no. 32 "Captured rebellious Indians before their execution on August 9, 1890 in the Battle of Wounded Knee." The picture shows "At the Dance – Big Foot’s band…" see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_ Wounded_Knee (3/3) – 4) "Niagara Falls, twenty fine views", 27 x 23 cm. – 5) 4 albumen prints 19 x 26 cm on 42 x 32 cm cardboard: Harlembridge, Niagara, 2 x Philadelphia World’s Fair 1876. – 6) Fairchild Aerial Surveys, New York City. Oblique aerial photograph 35 x 27 cm of Manhattan on April 28, 1927, brown-toned. – And: 7) Albumen print 19 x 24 cm on 27 x 35 cm cardboard, "The Knickerbocker Café" with advertisment Ehret’s Extra Beer with old German brewer's sign (see www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/ehret.shtml). (3+/3+)

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)