Photography auctions

[POLESIE - women at the harvest - situational photograph]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 12.8x17.5 cm, commissioned by the Photo-Plat agency from Warsaw. On the back, among others, stamp: "[...] Photo-Plat 57, Nowy-Świat, tel. 307-47 Warsaw." and handwritten in ink: "Harvest" and in pencil in French. Very good condition. Photo-Plat - a photographic agency and studio operating in Warsaw during ...
[LUBLIN - Zasrana Gate (Porta Sordida) - view photograph]. [1937]. Photograph form. 16.8x11.2 cm, by Jan Bulhak. Depicts a view of an old town street with a characteristic figure of a Jew conducting commercial negotiations, seen through the arcade of an old gate demolished by the Nazis when liquidating the Jewish quarter. In the lower right corner an imprint: "J. Bulhak. Vilnius." The photogra...
Portrait photograph of a soldier of the Infantry Cadet School in Warsaw. Well visible uniform wz.19 with "SP" markings on epaulettes. An early eagle wz.19 is visible on the cornet. On the back the photograph is dated August 1920. Dimensions: 9cm x 6cm. Overall condition as in the photos.
[JanuaryUprising - Józef Dombroski (Dabrowski) - portrait photograph - cdv shot]. [16 JUNE 1864]. Photograph form. 8.9x5.6 cm on an original backing of 10.3x6.3 cm, taken at the Ad[olf] Russ factory in Hradec Kralove. Portrayed in full view, the portraitist is standing supported by his right elbow against a carved pedestal, against which a doublet is also leaning? He is dressed in the insurge...
[WILNO - in front of the building of the 4th Commissariat of the City Militia - posed, situational photograph]. [not before IV 1919, not after VIII 1920]. Photograph form. 12x16.6 cm on a backing form. ca. 20x24.5 cm. Officers posed in front of the police station building. Above the entrance a signboard with the inscription: "Komisarjat IV Cyrkule of the Vilnius Municipal Militia". Photo paste...
[POLESIE - types of women at a fair - situational photograph, posed]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 12.9x17.8cm, commissioned by the Photo-Plat agency from Warsaw. On the back, among others, stamp: "[...] Photo-Plat 57, Nowy-Świat, tel. 307-47 Warsaw." and handwritten in ink: "Polesie types of women at the fair". Very good condition. Photo-Plat - a photographic agency and studio operating in W...
Photograph showing a group of Prussian soldiers together with a Polish Lancer, Jozef Laskowski of Lublin, in the uniform of the 2nd Lancer Regiment of the Legions. The cap of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment along with the eagle, saber with sling (Polish sling with eagle) and other details are well visible. A description in German written in pencil on the reverse. Photo taken in Minsk Mazowiecki (at tha...
[HUCULSZCZYZNA - Mikuliczyn - Hutsul orchestra - situational photograph, posed]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 12.6x17.5 cm, by A[dama] Zieliński. Musicians in regional costumes pose for a commemorative photograph. On the back, among others, the photographer's stamp and handwritten in ink: "Mikuliczyn: Hutsul Orchestra" and in pencil: "Nadwórnia district of Stanislavsky province". Very good c...
Yaremcze - Photo by H. Poddębski. Railroad viaduct Dimension 11,8 x 16,9 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Schoo...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Gorgany - defunct PTT shelter "U źródła Świcy") - view photograph]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 13.8x8.8 cm, by Adam Lenkiewicz. Shot in summer time of the hostel of the Lviv branch of the Polish Tatra Society built in 1932 and destroyed during WW2. On the back stamp and identifying entry in pencil. Good condition. Extensive information...
[ARYSTOKRATION - the last Ordinate of Łańcut Alfred Potocki receives Prince George of Kent and his wife Marina at the Łańcut residence - situational photographs]. [VII 1937]. Set of 22 photographs form ca. 13.5x8.5cm, 9x13cm, 6x8.5cm, 9x7cm on 5 album cards. Photographs pasted on album cards and handwritten description: "Stay of the Duchy of Kent in Łańcut July 1937", "at the station in ...
[Before the January Uprising - Titus Chalubinsky with the band of the City Delegation on his shoulder - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [1861]. Photograph form. 9.2x5.6 cm on an original backing of 9.2x5.6 cm, taken at the Karol Beyer factory in Warsaw. Photo glued on original cardboard backing. On the back an advertising vignette of the plant printed: "Karol Beyer Photog...
[KAZIMIERZ on the Vistula River - fair - view photograph]. [1931/1974]. Photograph form. 17.8x23.6 cm, by Benedykt Jerzy Dorys. Print from 1974, from the photographic series "Kazimierz on the Vistula River", created between 1931 and 1932, depicting the everyday life of the Jewish town, stalls of small traders, the atmosphere of backyards, silhouettes of children - a beautiful picture of custom...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Slawsko - view photograph]. [1st half of the 20th century]. Photograph form. 10x15 cm, by Jan Jaroszyński. View of the ski areas. On the back stamp: "Collection of Dr. Mieczyslaw Orłowicz" and inscriptions in ink: "Slawsko (Polen) Ski-Boden in Ostkarpathen", "phot. Ing. J. Jaroszyński". Good condition. J. Jaroszynski (1876-1956) - photogr...
[HUCULSZCZYZNA - Kolomyja - Hutsul types - posed photograph - shot in cabinet format]. [not before 1871]. Photograph form. 13.7x9.5 cm on original backing form. 16x10.8 cm, by J[uliusz] Dutkiewicz in Kolomyia. Couple posed for a commemorative photograph. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with brown border. On the lower margin of the backing print: "J. Dutkiewicz Kolomea". On the back ...
[KROSNO and surroundings - souvenir album for the head of the inspectorate of the State Mutual Insurance Company inKrosno - view photographs]. [1943, 1945]. Album with 43 photographs, form ca. 9x14 cm, 10x7 cm, taken by Rudolf Kask's atelier in Krosno. Album in red cloth binding, form. 22.5x33 cm, 20 pages, spine tied with string. On the first page, a dedication calligraphed: "To our dear Chie...
[ JanuaryUprising - Erazm Kwaskowski - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not after 1864]. Photograph form. 9.1x5.3 cm on original backing of 10.4x6.3 cm, by J[gnacy] Z[ygmunt] Gołębiowski in Lviv. Portrayed portrayed in full figure, in uniform with decorations, saber at side. On the lower margin of the backing print: "J. Z. Golębiowski". Photo pasted on original cardboa...
Vilnius - General view Postcard format
[ JanuaryUprising - Wanda Skórzewska in costume from the period of "national mourning". - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [1863?]. Photograph form. 8.9x5.4 cm on original backing form. 9,9x6,1 cm, taken at the workshop of August Zeuschner and Friedrich Zeuschner in Poznań. Portrait of the sitter, portrayed full-length, sitting sideways on a chair with a high carved back...
[SKŁODOWSKA- CURIE Maria with her daughter Irena - press photograph, situational]. [l. 1920s]. Photograph form. 18x13 cm. Double Nobel Prize winner and later Nobel Prize winner captured while leaving work in the laboratory at P. Curie Street, before her scheduled departure for America. On the back a press stamp with a description in French and a handwritten identifying inscription in pencil. ...
[ PolishArmy - Marshal Jozef Pilsudski on a Chestnut accepting the parade at the celebrations of the 8th anniversary of regaining independence in Saski Square in Warsaw - situational photograph]. [11 XI 1926]. Photograph form. 8.2x13.2 cm. Marshal on a Chestnut accepting a parade of infantry troops at Saski Square on 11 XI 1926. good condition.
[LUBLIN - panorama of the Old Town and Jewish quarter - view photograph]. [1921/1937]. Photograph form. 10.3x16.6 cm, by Jan Bułhak. The Jewish quarter is visible in the foreground of the composition, the Old Town in the distance. In the lower right corner an imprint: "J. Bulhak Vilnius". The photograph belongs to the author's series "Poland in J. Bulhak's photogrpahy". On the back, among oth...
Warsaw - Photography by H. Poddębski. Saski Palace Dimension 12.2 x 17.3 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Schoo...
[ZAMOYSKA Róża z Potockich - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [l. 1850s]. Photograph form. 8.7x5.3 cm on original base form. 10x6 cm, by G[rzegorz] Sachowicz in [Warsaw]. The portrait of the sitter is taken in 3/4 figure, sitting supporting her left hand on a bent table. She is dressed in a striking gown. In the lower left corner of the backing, under the photograph, the...
[PLATER-ZYBERK - countess - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not before 1857, not after 1863]. Photograph form. 9.9x5.7 cm on original backing 10.5x6.3 cm, taken at Karol Beyer's establishment in Warsaw. Portrait of the portrait subject framed in 3/4 figure, in oval. Photo glued on original cardboard backing. On the back an advertising vignette of the establishment printe...
Panevezys - Carriage Postcard format
[Gymnastic TOWARISTS "Falcon" - gymnastic exercises "falcons' - situational photographs]. [1st half of 20th century]. Set of 21 photographs form. ca 11.5x16.5 cm, 17x12 cm on original cardboard backings form. 19.5x25 cm, by Aleksander Karoli in Warsaw. In a similar set sold at the 145th auction, item 1105, on the backs of most of the photos were handwritten pencil descriptions identifying by W...
[HUCULSZCZYZNA - Kosów - Hutsul women at a church fair - situational photograph]. [not before 1936, not after 1939]. Photograph form. 13x18 cm, by Mieczyslaw Dobija. Women and children in regional costumes. On the back, among others, the photographer's stamp and handwritten in ink: "Hutsul women at the fair in Kosovo". Very good condition.
[ JanuaryUprising - Zofia Darowska in "national mourning" dress with daughters Marynia and Zosia - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not before 1860, not after 1863]. Photograph form. 8.8x5.9 cm on original backing form. 10.4x6.3 cm, taken in Ig[nacego] Majka's workshop in Cracow. The portrait shows the sitter in full length, seated surrounded by her daughters. She is wear...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Gorgans - non-existent PTT shelter on Tatar (Jabłonicka) Pass - view photograph]. [not before 1932]. Photograph form. 12.8x17.9 cm, by A[dama] Zieliński. Shot in the winter season of the shelter of the Stanislawski Branch of the Polish Tatra Society, built in 1932 and destroyed during World War 2. On the back, among others, the photographe...
Gdynia War Port, ORP Podhalanin and ORP Krakowiak, ca. 1925 Polish Navy of the IIRP, Gdynia War Port, Polish torpedo boats, some of the first ships of the Navy of the II RP, in the foreground ORP Podhalanin and ORP Krakowiak /the second ship/ are visible, in the background other Polish warships are visible, ca. 1925. Dimensions: 5.5 x 8 cm
[ PolishArmed Forces - arrival of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski at the celebration of the 8th anniversary of independence at Saski Square in Warsaw - situational photograph]. [11 XI 1926]. Photograph form. 8.4x13.4 cm. In the foreground Marshal J. Pilsudski. Behind him visible among others: on horseback General Daniel Konarzewski, Major Zygmunt Wenda (on the right behind the Marshal his adjutant), C...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Tatra Mountains - Zakopane - Koscieliska Street - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [l. 80s/90s 19th century]. Photograph form. 11.6x14.6 cm on original backing form. 12.8x17.8 cm, by Stanislaw Bizanski. Depicts a view of a street and residents facing the photographer. Printed on the right margin of the underlay: "St Bizanski Krakow and Zakopane". Photo...
Lviv - Photograph by H. Poddębski. General view Dimension 11,5 x 17 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial School of ...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Czarnohora - Zabie-Slupejka - PTT tourist station in Gertner's inn - scenic, situational photograph]. [not after 14 II 1936]. Photograph form. 13.1x18.1 cm, by[Wł[odzimierz] Sawczyński]. Shot of Hutsuls, tourists, cars and a horse-drawn wagon in front of the Tourist Station building located in the Gertner's Restaurant and Inn, which does n...
Warsaw - Moorish House Dimensions 9 x 12 cm
[ZALESZCZYKI - road bridge over the Dniester River in Zaleszczyki - view photograph]. [not after 1898]. Photograph form. 17x22,8 cm on original backing form. ca 19x25 cm, by T[adeusz Julian] Jaworski. View of the city and the Dniester bend. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with gilt margins. On the lower margin of the backing an imprint: "TJaworski". Good condition. T. J. Jaworski (1...
[PortraitPHOTOGRAPHY - young man in Polish costume - shot in card de visite format]. [not after 1894]. Photograph form. 9.6x5.6 cm on original backing form. 10.5x6.2 cm, by Alfred Silkiewicz in Ternopil. Portrait of the portrayed person depicted in full figure, against a background of painted decoration, leaning against a balustrade. Dressed in a kontusz with slit sleeves girded with a kontusz...
Vilnius - Green bridge Postcard format
[ JanuaryUprising - Jadwiga Luszczewska, alias Deotyma - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not before 1870]. Photograph form. 9.4x5.8 cm on original backing form. 10.6x6.3 cm, by Maksymilian Fajans in Warsaw. Portrait of the sitter shown in bust. On the lower margin of the underlay printed: "M. Fajans in Warsaw". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with blue border....
21 Brygada Strzelców Podhalańskich - Polish Soldier, photo by J. Tyras, Bielsko-Biala IIRP Polish soldier, portrait with saber, sharpshooter's cord, 21 Brigade of Podhale Riflemen, photo by J. Tyras Bielsko-Biala 28 Główna St. Postcard format
[Lviv - St. Andrew's Church and Bernardine Monastery - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [not before 1880]. Photograph form. 14.4x10.7 cm on original base form. 16.4x11.1 cm, by Edward Trzemeski in Lviv. View of the richly decorated facade, of one of the most beautiful churches of Lviv. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. Under the photo the overprint: "E. Trzemeski Lviv, Hotel E...
[LESZNO - non-existent monument to Germania - view photograph - card de visite shot]. [2nd half of the 19th century]. Photograph form. 8.6x5.3 cm on original backing form. 10x6.2 cm, by O[ttomar] Anschütz in Leszno (Lissa). View of the Germania monument dedicated to the memory of Prussian and German soldiers killed in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71, which stood on the present Tadeusza Kosciuszk...
[MODRZEJEWSKA Helena - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not before 1874, not after 1876]. Photograph form. 9.3x5.4 cm on original backing form. 10.5x6.1 cm, by Walery Rzewuski in Kraków. Actress shown in 3/4 figure, in profile. The photograph was taken by Walery Rzewuski, considered the artist's court photographer. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with purple b...
Szczecin - Manzelbrunnen. Polish forced laborers, 2 photographs Postcard formats
[ JanuaryUprising - Zofia Sadowska with her daughter Kazimiera in costumes from the period of "national mourning"- portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [1865]. Photograph form. 8.6x5.4 cm on original backing form. 9.8x5.9 cm, taken at the atelier of N[epomucen Jan] Seyfried in Poznan. Portrayed depicted in full figure. The mother is seated on a carved chair, the daughter is st...
[CIESZYN - railroad station - view photograph]. [not by 1889]. Photograph form. 9.8x15.9 cm on original backing form. 11.1x16.77 cm, of unknown authorship. View of a brick building in Neo-Renaissance style consisting of three pavilions connected by galleries between them - the new railroad station, which was built after the construction of the "Railway of Silesian Cities" from Kojetín to Biel...
A card with three photographs of Polish Army soldiers, the first photo shows a building with the inscription at the top "Soldier's House" . The Polish Soldier's House was located in Warsaw, Praga district 3 Zygmuntowska Street (now Solidarności Avenue) opposite St. Florian's Cathedral. Destroyed in September 1939. Dimensions: 30cm x 14cm. Condition as in photos.
Bielsko-Biala - 3rd Podhale Rifle Regiment (3 PSP) Dimensions 8 x 6 cm
[BIELSKO-BIAŁA - fragment of city panorama - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [1st half of the 20th century]. Photograph form. 10x14.2 cm, on original backing form. 11.4x17.1 cm, published by B. Machaliza, Bielitz. Colored view of a fragment of the city skyline. On the right margin overprint: "Bielitz - Biala", on the left margin: "Ansicht von Biala" and "Verlag von B. Machaliza, Bieli...
[TROKI - lakeside shelter - view photograph]. [1934]. Photograph form. 11.1x16.5 cm, by Jan Bulhak in Vilnius. It depicts a view of the lake and the building of a hostel on Trotsky Lake, called Galve in Lithuanian. In the lower right corner the imprint: "J. Bulhak. Vilnius." The photograph belongs to the author's series "Poland in the photographic images of Jan Bulhak". On the back, among othe...
[LUBLIN - Szeroka (Żydowska) Street - view photograph]. [1921/1937]. Photograph form. 11.4x16.1 cm, by Jan Bulhak. View of the main street of Lublin's Jewish quarter, which does not exist today. In the lower right corner a slightly cropped impression: "J. Bulhak. Vilnius." The photograph belongs to the author's series "Poland in the images of photogr. J. Bulhak". On the back, among others, st...
Vilnius - Airport with German plane taking off Postcard format
[CHORZÓW]. Photo album "Fragments of the Provincial Park of Culture and Recreation in Katowice", 1962. Album form. 17x25 cm, f. 16, op. lic. contains 30 colorized photographs form. 11.2x17.3 cm. On the front pastedown, dedication to the management of the Gdynia construction school in memory of a trip to Silesia and Zagłębie. Front cover title: "Provincial Park of Culture and Recreation Kato...
[KRZEMIENIEC - view from Górna Street - view photograph]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 13.6x8.4 cm, by Henryk Hermanowicz. View of a section of the city in winter. On the back stamp: "Liceum Krzemienieckie Szk. Prac. Photogr. by Henryk Hermanowicz" and identifying inscriptions. On the back traces of peeling from the album, otherwise good condition. H. Hermanowicz (1912-1992) - prominent Polis...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Pieniny - Szczawnica - Josephine and Stefan's Spa - view photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [l. 70s/80s XIX century?]. Photograph form. 5.5x9.4 cm on original backing form. 6.5x10.6 cm, by A[wita] Szubert in Krakow and Szczawnica. Depicts the eastern frontage of Dietl Square overlooking the Josephine and Stefan spas. Photo pasted on original cardboa...
Warsaw - Jerozolimskie Avenue 12, corner Bracka 15. the Provincial Headquarters of the State Police. Building decorated with an effigy of Jozef Pilsudski, 1920s/30s Postcard format.
Warsaw - Photography by H. Poddębski. Oboźna street Dimensions 12.8 x 17.9 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Sc...
Group photograph of German soldiers near a car. A woman can be seen behind the wheel of the car. Dimensions: 8cm x 11cm. Overall condition as shown in photos.
[KRZEMIENIEC - Old Town - view photograph]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 13.3x8.2 cm, by Henryk Hermanowicz. View of a section of the city in the summer season. On the back stamp: "Liceum Krzemienieckie Szk. Prac. Photogr. by Henryk Hermanowicz" and identifying inscriptions. Good condition. H. Hermanowicz (1912-1992) - prominent Polish photographer. One of the most outstanding students of Jan ...
Highlanders - Skiing competition in Kuopio 1936. 6 x 9 cm. dia.
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Gorgans - non-existent shelter on Nizhna pod Doboszanka - view photograph, situational]. [27 JULY 1930]. Photograph form. 8.9x12 cm. View of the building of the shelter, called a shelter, liquidated most likely in 1937. On the back a handwritten inscription: "Shelter. PTT under Doboszanka 27/VII 930" and stamp: "Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzańs...
Vilnius - Napoleon Square with the destroyed monument Postcard format
Warsaw - Photography by H. Poddębski. Mokotow new district Dimension 10,6 x 17,4 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commerci...