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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 441

Laton Anton Huffman Photography

Estimate: $600 - $1,200

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(American, 1854-1931) late 19th century, three hand-colored photographs of buffalo, all titled, dated, and signed by artist in white or black ink at bottom: "In the Track of the Skin Hunters North Montana Territory 1879," signed as Ft. Keogh Post-Photographer, 15 x 18-3/4 in. (sight), [scratches and abrasions, paper loss mid-left margin, loose from mount;] "A Buffalo Family North Montana 1879," 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 in. (sight), [rippling, very minor foxing;] "Buffalo Grazing the Big Open North Montana 1880," numbered 106B lower left, 9-1/4 x 19-1/2 in. (sight), [retitled and signed (faint original title bearing typo "North North Montana"), other title start with erasure marks, very minor foxing;] in modern wood frames not examined out of frame; frames with abrasions. Provenance: Bequested to consigner's mother in Miles City, Montana, circa 1940; Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina

Condition

not examined out of frame; frames with abrasions