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Fall Photographic History Auction, 2025

Sat, Sep 6, 2025 01:00PM EDT
  2025-09-06 13:00:00 2025-09-06 13:00:00 America/New_York Michael Lehr Michael Lehr : Fall Photographic History Auction, 2025 https://auction.michaellehrantiques.com/auctions/michael-lehr-antiques/fall-photographic-history-auction-2025-20189
We are pleased to announce our next auction, featuring approximately 200 individual lots drawn from a diverse and compelling range of 19th- and early 20th-century photography. This sale focuses on vernacular images, photographs created not as formal studio portraits or elite commissions, but as direct, unscripted records of lived experience. These are objects made by and for everyday people, preserving moments of intimacy, labor, travel, performance, identity, and loss.
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Lot 333

Boudoir Card Photo of Schooners Agnes and Vidette by C. Miller

Estimate: $200 - $300
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$100

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Striking boudoir-format photograph by noted marine photographer C. Miller, capturing two elegant racing schooners, Agnes (No. 6) in the foreground and Vidette in the distance, sailing in full rig across choppy waters, likely during a competitive regatta off the northeastern coast. The boats are crisply rendered, with dramatic sails and hull lines set against a hazy shoreline.

The photograph is mounted to its original card, with the names AGNES and VIDETTE printed below the image, along with C. Miller’s imprint and the publisher’s blindstamp: Gubelman, 60 and 62 Nassau Street, N.Y. The number "919" at lower right corresponds to the publisher’s marine photography catalog. A classic image of late 19th-century yachting culture, prized for its clarity, composition, and documentation of American competitive sailing.

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