Sale 2489 - Artists & Amateurs: Photographs & Photobooks, October 18, 2018

326 c   (REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS) A collection of 30 rare and interesting American photo postcards, comprised of curiosities, still lifes, extreme weather, folk art, advertising, prohibition, and more. Including one photograph with an entire suffragette speech written into the negative; an explosion during a mountainous road construction; the rock that caused the death of Miles Monihen; a human skull and crossbones; and an advertising card for a local photographer featuring a woman’s f loating head. Silver prints on postcard paper, the images measuring approximately 3 1 / 2 x5 1 / 2 inches (8.9x14 cm.), and the reverse, a few with the photographer’s credit and/or captions in the negative, and less than half with handwritten captions, in pencil and in ink, on verso; many postally used. Circa 1910-30s [1,200/1,800] 327 c   (REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS) A humorous collection of 30 photographic exaggerations featuring seamlessly montaged elements of oversized animals and mammoth produce. With an array of bizarre subjects, from hunting gigantic corn-stealing crickets to riding atop a human-bearing pheasant; to numerous scenes of monumental crops, fruits, and vegetables towered onto various vehicles and hose-drawn carts. Silver prints on postcard paper, the images measuring approximately 3 1 / 2 x5 1 / 2 inches (8.9x14 cm.), and the reverse, many with the photographer’s credit and tongue-in- cheek captions in the negative, and most with handwritten captions, in pencil and in ink, on verso; many postally used. Circa 1910-50s [1,000/1,500] 327