Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

85 c (WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHY GUILD) A collection of 63 male interest photographs from the Colorado physique photography studio WPG . Silver prints, the images measuring 4 5 / 8 x3 3 / 4 to 9 1 / 2 x7 1 / 2 inches, 11.7x9.5 to 24.1x19.1 cm., and the reverse, most with the Western Photography Guild hand stamp and an inventory number, and some with the notation WPG and the model’s name, in ink, on verso. Circa 1960. [1,000/1,500] With black-and-white shots of young, muscular male models classically posed outdoors or in a professional studio. Many represent the Guild’s signature style of positioning attractive men against the natural backdrop of the Rocky Mountains. 86 86 c BRUCE OF LA (BRUCE BELLAS, 1909-1974) Binder containing 100 photographs of hunky bodybuilders arranged by Bruce’s inventory numbers, with 10 scenes in and out of a shower . Silver prints, the images measuring 6 1 / 2 x4 1 / 2 inches, 16.5x11.4 cm., with a Bruce hand stamp and inventory number, on verso. Early 1960s. [1,000/1,500]