PWT 51 2015

WEEKLY TRANSMISSION N째51

THURSDAY 24 DECEMBER 2015

COLLECTING OLD NEW YORK:

A NEW GALLERY JUST OPENED IN MANHATTAN

TRANSMISSION 51 CONTENTS : A selection of New York Photographs A new gallery just opened in Manhattan, 40 West 25th street

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A New place to buy an old New York photograph : Frantiques / Gallery 105 at 40 West 25th Street, NY, NY 10010 The e-bulletin presents a selection of books, albums, photographs and ancient documents as they have been handed down to the actual owners by their creators and by amateurs from past generations.

The physical descriptions, attributions, origins, and printing dates of the books and photographs have been carefully ascertained by collations and through close analysis of comparable works.

The books and photographs consigned from all around the world are presented in chronological order. It is the privilege of ancient and authentic things to be presented in this fashion, mirroring the flow of ideas and creations. Prices in euros, Paypal is accepted.

N째51 : Collecting New York

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(attr.) UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. Delancey Street, New York, April 1909. Vintage

cyanotype, 180x240 mm, agency print at verso. Even if it is confirmed Atget was still alive in 1909, we cannot find any element confirming he crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Still a very European View of Lower East Side, offered by Frantiques gallery for 500 euros

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(attr.) UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. Ghosts in Delancey Street, New York, April 1916.

Vintage silver print, 200x245 mm, old caption in pencil at verso.

200 euros

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JOSEPH SMITH. Scranton & Lehigh Coal Company, Brooklyn, New York, c. 1928. Vintage silver print, 205x255 mm, white margins, agency print at verso. We can read on the van : “The Coal which satisfies”. The advertising campaign said : “Lehigh and Scranton coals have no rivals as powerful heat producers and sustain combustion in a manner that insures the greatest economy as household and manufacturing fuels.” Joseph Smith was not a Mormon but a decent photo supply dealer and used lens specialist of Brooklyn, N. Y. 300 euros

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UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. New York, c. 1928. Vintage silver print, 255x205 mm, agency stamp and Underwood-Stratton stamp at verso.

300 euros

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24 December 2015

IRVING BROWNING (1895-1961). New York at Night, c. 1929. Vintage silver print, 205x255 mm, Browning studios stamp at verso. “Irving Browning (1895-1961), a self-taught photographer and cinematographer, was born in New York City. Browning opened a commercial photograph studio at 110 West 40th Street in 1922 or 1923; his younger brother, Sam, occasionally worked with him as a photographer. A former silent film actor and comedian of the 1910s, New Yorker Irving Browning photographed both exteriors and interiors of skyscrapers, art deco theaters, hotels, apartment buildings, and suburban residences, and documented the lifestyles of New Yorkers during the 1920s and 1930s“ 300 euros

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STANLEY PISA, CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Happy Chrismas 1939. Vintage silver print, 215x170 mm, Todo agency stamp and printed caption, verso.

100 euros

Laurent Guez & Roman Levites Frantiques / Gallery 105 at 40 West 25th Street, NY, NY 10010 frantiquesphoto@gmail.com +9176830808

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