Photography auctions

A photograph depicting a soldier of the Polish Army in the late 1930s. The Polish wz.38 belt buckle ("rembertówka") is clearly visible. The item's condition is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.6 cm.
Eastern Corps, interesting eagle on the cap—lit. Banaszkiewicz, item 247. Postcard size 
[NIKIFOR] Nikifor Krynicki on the street. Photograph. [1950s–1960s]. Gelatin-silver print. Dimensions: 17.7 x 12 cm. Nikifor wearing a hat and a coat with a fur collar, carrying a cane and a briefcase under his arm. On the reverse, “Nikifor” and a number written in pencil. A tear along the top edge. Discoloration on the reverse. Nikifor Krynicki (born Epifaniusz Drowniak, 1895–1968)—...
Second Polish Republic, Navy] ORP SĘP. Gdynia-Reda, May 1, 1939. Photograph measuring 8.8 x 6 cm. Description on the reverse. Traces of adhesive removal. ORP Sęp—a Polish submarine, one of two Orzeł-class vessels built for the Navy in the Netherlands. The submarine, with a submerged displacement of 1,473 metric tons, was launched on October 17, 1938, at the Rotterdamsche shipyard in Rotte...
A portrait photograph depicting Lieutenant Roszkowski of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Legions (Vilnius). The details of the uniform are clearly visible, including the regimental badge on the uniform pocket. Stamp of the “L. Siemaszko” photography studio in Vilnius. The condition of the photograph is shown in the attached images. Dimensions: 12.2 x 8 cm.
A photo album of a German Luftwaffe soldier from the anti-aircraft artillery unit. Among other things, the famous 8.8 cm guns are visible. A series of photos taken during combat operations, including firing. A beautifully preserved collection that serves as an interesting example of a military service record from World War II. The item is in very good condition. Album dimensions: 19x26 cm.
[Second Polish Republic, GDYNIA] Warships and vessels in the port of Gdynia. Set of 6 photographs. Gdynia, Photographer Roman Morawski. [1930s]. Gelatin-silver prints. Dimensions: 8.7 x 13.7 cm. The images depict destroyers and Navy vessels at the pier and in the roadstead, a ship flying the full complement of flags with a crew on deck, and a panorama of the port with cranes. On the reverse, a...
Przemyśl - San. Dimensions: 9 x 6 cm.
Professional Non-Commissioned Officers' Corps of the 38th Lviv Rifle Regiment, 1930 (Dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm).
Tarnopol - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a longtime member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, wher...
[POLISH ARMY] Photograph of soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment—Border Service in Cieszyn Silesia. At a machine-gun post. May 1919. Photograph measuring 14 x 9 cm. Minor soiling, traces of slight water damage. On the reverse, a handwritten note dated Cieszyn, July 29, 1919, addressed to Bielsko; the card was sent through the postal system, bearing a Cieszyn postmark...
Soldiers with distinctive eagles and a patch, 1919.  Dimensions: 9 x 14 cm.
No. 9 Military Police Squadron, Pinsk. Postcard size. Dry stamp.
[ŁÓDŹ - RESURSA - CYCLING - SECOND POLISH REPUBLIC] The Sports Section of the “Resursa” Craftsmen’s Society in Łódź. An archive of 30 photographs documenting the life of the Society, its 10th-anniversary celebration, cycling competitions, nationwide cyclists’ conventions, and sightseeing trips. 1920s (1923–1929). A collection of 30 original period photographs. Dimensions mostly...
Soldier of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Chełm—Noncommissioned Officers' School, 1926. Postcard size 
Złoczów - Photograph by H. Poddębski. The Uniate Church of St. Nicholas. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he s...
[POLISH ARMY] Group photograph of cadets and officers [ca. 1920–1930]. Silver gelatin print, mounted on cardboard with an embossed frame. Photo dimensions: 16.7 x 22.5 cm; backing dimensions: 29.3 x 34 cm. Names written in pencil on the reverse. Tear in the cardboard at the bottom. Stains. The photograph most likely depicts a graduating class of the cadet school along with the instructor and...
A portrait photograph of a Polish Army captain. The details of the uniform, including decorations and a wound badge, are clearly visible. The condition of the item is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 cm.
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Wilanów, park. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commerci...
A team of Girl Scouts from the Second Polish Republic. Postcard size. 
[Count Zdzisław Tarnowski] Photograph of the painting of Our Lady of Dzików with a dedication to Count Zdzisław Tarnowski. Father Stanisław Markiewicz, Prior of the Dominican Fathers. Dzików, June 24, 1899. An albumen print reproducing a painting of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus and St. Joseph, all wearing crowns and votive robes, mounted in a passe-partout, set in a black wooden f...
Bochnia - Girl Scouts from the Second Polish Republic. Postcard size.
A photograph from the early 1920s depicting a Polish police officer talking to a man in civilian clothes. A Model 1921 saber with a scabbard is visible. A car is clearly visible in the background. The condition of the item is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 8.8 x 13.5 cm
Jan Kanty Działyński(1829–1880), Count; in 1863, he organized the armed forces in the Prussian partition. Carte de visite photograph (signed bythe A. and F. Zeuschner photography studio in Poznań).                                      A portrait of Działyński in Polish attire, wearing a kontusz tied with a sash and carrying sabers, taken in the 1860s...
The album is shown in its entirety in the photos.  Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 cm.
[RUSSIAN ARMY] Four soldiers in Russian uniforms. Studio photograph. Pułtusk, J. Zakrzewska Studio. [Early 20th century]. Albumin print on cardboard with the studio’s imprint in the side margin. Dimensions: 10.7 x 16.4 cm. Four soldiers in uniforms with buttons, belts, and high boots, in a studio decorated with plants. The reverse is heavily stained and soiled. Until 1914, Pułtusk was an i...
Kazimierz Grocholski(1815–1888), count, lawyer, politician. Portrait photograph (signed by the Viennese photographer Carl von Jagemann).   Kazimierz Grocholski, a graduate of the law faculty in Vienna, served as a tax official until 1842; In 1861, he was elected to the Chamber of Representatives as a member of the Galician Sejm, to which he belonged continuously from that time onward. He w...
A soldier from the 78th Infantry Regiment, Baranovichi, 1924. Photo by Zarakowski, Żyrardów. Postcard size.
[2nd Signal Regiment / 5th P.A.P.] Maneuver platoon during military exercises. 2 photographs. 1928 Two gelatin-silver prints. Localized spots, soiling, and signs of wear. Dimensions: approx. 8.9 x 13.8 cm. Scuffs, soiling. Soldiers of the maneuver platoon, armed and equipped, posing in front of a barracks building; on one of the photos, a sign reads “Maneuver Platoon, 2nd Signal Regiment, 5t...
The album is shown in its entirety in the photos.  Dimensions: 22.5 x 31 cm.
Dubno - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Church. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial School...
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Grand Theater. Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercia...
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Monument to the Dowborczyki. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at...
Częstochowa - Commercial High School - Class II - before the 1934 high school graduation exams. Photo size: 15x22 cm The Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection in Częstochowa on the school crest 126 H:
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Bielany, a party. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commer...
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. A view of Paderewski Park. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at t...
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. The old defensive walls on Brzozowa Street. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “local history photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Local History Society. From 1900, he lived in ...
An interesting photograph not commonly found in stores. The photograph shows a painting created by Sergeant Kostyrka and Corporal Milewski. Corporal Milewski was a well-known middleweight boxer. The painting hung in the Polish church at RAF. On the back is a glued-on note with an explanation and a stamp from Wembley Stadium, where Milewski fought. The item is in very good condition. Dimensions...
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.5 cm 
BURSA, Stanisław – a portrait photograph with an autograph and a handwritten dedication. Kraków, May 8, 1932. An original postcard from Stanisław Bursa’s Licensed School of Singing in Kraków, 3 Kapucyńska Street, 3rd floor, with a portrait photograph of the artist affixed to it. Dimensions: 10.5 x 15 cm. On the front, a handwritten name-day dedication to a student, dated “Kraków, M...
Piotr Stanisław Wojciech MOSZYŃSKI, of the Nałęcz coat of arms (1800–1879) — a portrait in Polish national costume. Kraków, ca. 1860–1863. Photo by Ignacy Mażek. An original portrait photograph in carte de visite format, measuring 8.9 x 6 cm, taken at Ignacy Mażek’s studio in Kraków. On the front, below the photograph, is the imprint: “J. MAŻEK”; on the back is the studio ...
[WORLD WAR I] Set of 5 photographs of Russian soldiers and family portraits, including a card from the German prisoner-of-war camp at Königsbrück. [1914–1918]. Five gelatin-silver prints. Dimensions: 9 x 14 cm. Soiling and scuffs. One card on a printed “Kriegsgefangenensendung” form with the overprint “Res.-Lazarett II, Königsbrück (Sachsen), Neues Lager," addressed to "Józefa Ż�...
[LEGIONS] Photograph of a lieutenant in the Polish Legions / Polish Auxiliary Corps (?). Photo by J. Rendel. Białystok. Studio photograph, card dimensions: 16.3 x 10.7 cm. Both the photograph and the card are heavily damaged, showing signs of past water damage, creases, scuffs, and areas where the paper is missing. The printer’s imprint is partially illegible.
[Antoni FIBICH – THE JANUARY UPRISING] A unique panotype from the 1860s and a collection of 9 photographs by Antoni Fibich (1835–1907), a participant in the January Uprising, lawyer, and collector, and his wife Anna, née Sroczyńska. Kraków, Vienna, and other locations. 1860s–1905. An exceptional collection of 10 photographic items, the most valuable of which is an extremely rare panot...
Scouts from the Second Polish Republic. Postcard size.
A photograph depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army in the interwar period. The photograph serves as a memento from his military service in the Second Polish Republic. This photograph is associated with Czesław Wiśniewski, a participant in the Warsaw Uprising, and dates from the period preceding the outbreak of World War II. Dimensions: 5 cm × 8 cm. Overall con...
A commemorative group portrait (56 x 47 cm; overall dimensions, including the cardboard backing, are 69.5 x 52 cm) of the staff of Count Branicki’s Board of Estates and Interests, created in 1913. It is a photographic collage printed on a single large sheet of photographic paper, where the arrangement of the portraits reflects the organizational structure of Władysław Branicki’s vast agr...
A photograph depicting an honor guard of cadets from Cadet Corps No. 1 in Lviv during a patriotic ceremony at the monument to Szymon Wizunas Szydłowski in the January Insurgents’ Section of the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. The monument, unveiled on July 4, 1909, depicts Szydłowski in a peasant’s tunic holding a banner featuring the Eagle, Pogoń, and the Archangel Michael. The section, kno...
Dimensions: 51 x 165 mm. In good condition.
Carte de Visite, dimensions: 64 x 104 mm. In very good condition.
A photograph showing Czesław Wiśniewski with a colleague during their service in the Polish Army in the interwar period. The photograph serves as a memento of both soldiers’ military service in the Second Polish Republic. A photograph associated with Czesław Wiśniewski, who later participated in the Warsaw Uprising. Dimensions: 5 cm × 8 cm. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
Carte de Visite, dimensions: 62 x 105 mm. Slightly trimmed edges, but this does not affect the composition; otherwise, in good condition.
[Pilica] – Pilica. View of the town from the direction of the former castle ramparts. T. Chodźko.No place, 1874. Photograph 14.8 x 21.2 cm, mounted on a 23 x 31.8 cm company card.                                                                                                   A charming panorama of Pilica, a town in the Kraków-Częstochow...
Tytus Działyński(1797–1861), count, owner of Kórnik, participant in the November Uprising, member of the Poznań Provincial Sejm (1841–1846) and the Prussian Parliament (1858–1861), founder of the Kórnik Library, publisher of historical sources, patron of the arts. Portrait photograph (unsigned).      Tytus Działyński, owner of Kórnik, was one of the first residents of Greate...
A photograph with two insignia of the Officer Candidate Schools superimposed on it. 
Emanuel MOSZYŃSKI of the Nałęcz coat of arms (1843–1863) — a participant in the January Uprising, aide-de-camp to François Rochebrune, killed in action near Miechów. Kraków, ca. 1862–1863. Photo by Walery Rzewuski. A very rare portrait photograph in carte de visite format (8.6 x 6.1 cm), taken at Walery Rzewuski’s (1837–1888) studio in Kraków. Emanuel Moszyński is depicted in...
Photograph/postcard: Four young Polish soldiers (wearing Polish military eagles on their caps); the young man on the right is holding a saber. No identification of the photographer or the people depicted. Sheet size: 13.5 x 8.5 cm.Condition: 3 pin holes (at the top, on the left, and at the bottom)
This set consists of miniature reproductions of prints by Artur Grottger (1837–1867), drawn from the “Lituania” and “Polonia” series, which are dedicated to the January Uprising of 1863. The reproductions are printed on small cardboard cards, in a format characteristic of commemorative and album editions of prints. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
A very nice commemorative photograph of the airmen of the 302nd Fighter Squadron. The first commander, William Satchell, is visible in the center. The photograph was taken in 1940. A rare item on the market. The item is in very good condition. Dimensions: 16x21 cm.
A collection of photographs depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic. The photographs show Wiśniewski in military uniform, both alone and with his colleagues. This collection serves as a memento of Czesław Wiśniewski’s military service prior to the outbreak of World War II and his subsequent participation in the Warsaw Uprising...
[PIŁSUDSKI, Józef] Photograph of Józef Piłsudski with Kasztanka. Circa 1919. Photograph measuring 10.8 x 7.4 cm. A crack in the lower right corner. Slight yellowing of the upper margin.
Ignacy Mościcki (1867–1946), President of the Republic of Poland. Two group portraits. 1. The President marches past the honor guard of the 2nd Rokitian Light Cavalry Regiment at the train station in Starogard on September 17, 1934. [Starogard 1934]. 12 x 17 cm. 2. The President exits the parish church after a service, prior to the opening of an exhibition on June 13, 1937. [Lisków, near K...
Lublin - Photograph by H. Poddębski. City Hall and the Krakow Gate. Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied ...
[64th INFANTRY REGIMENT] Group photograph of the company. [1920s]. Photograph mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 18 x 24 cm. The photograph shows several dozen soldiers in uniforms and field caps, posing in ranks outdoors. On the reverse, there is a pencil inscription reading “64th Infantry Regiment” and a number.  The 64th Infantry Regiment (renamed the 64th Grudziądz Rifle Regiment in 1...