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March 2026 Unreserved Photo Auction — Curiosities, Performers & Vernacular Photography

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  2026-03-28 13:00:00 2026-03-28 13:00:00 America/New_York Michael Lehr Michael Lehr : March 2026 Unreserved Photo Auction — Curiosities, Performers & Vernacular Photography https://auction.michaellehrantiques.com/auctions/michael-lehr-antiques/march-2026-unreserved-photo-auction-curiosities-performers-vernacular-photography-22648
Our March 2026 auction presents a wide selection of historical photographs, postcards, entertainment memorabilia, and visual curiosities spanning the mid-nineteenth through twentieth centuries. Every lot is offered completely without reserve, ensuring that each item sells to the highest bidder regardless of price. Combined purchases totaling $500 or more qualify for free shipping, providing collectors an added incentive to bid across multiple lots. The unreserved format creates opportunities for both new and experienced collectors to acquire unusual and historically interesting material.
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Lot 352

Early 20th Century Erotica Photograph & Pin-Up Album

Estimate: $50 - $400
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$10

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Early twentieth-century photograph album containing a varied collection of approximately 100 erotic and risqué imagery assembled across numerous pages. The album includes a mixture of small photographs, printed images, and hand-colored illustrations depicting nude or semi-nude figures, couples in intimate poses, and playful pin-up style scenes typical of early twentieth-century erotic ephemera. Several pages contain multiple small photographs arranged in grids, while others display larger prints or groups of illustrations featuring dancers, performers, and theatrical costume subjects.

The contents appear to have been gathered over time and reflect a broad range of material including studio figure studies, staged erotic photographs, printed photographic reproductions, and colored illustration cards. Many of the images show posed models photographed in studio environments, while others depict couples in suggestive compositions or narrative scenes. The diversity of formats suggests the album’s compiler collected items from various sources including postcards, small photographic prints, and printed novelty cards.

Albums of this type were often privately assembled collections of erotic imagery, reflecting the widespread circulation of risqué photographic and illustrated material during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The present album preserves a substantial grouping of these images in their original scrapbook format, offering an interesting visual record of early popular erotica and the variety of photographic and printed material that circulated in this genre.

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