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

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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 359

Keystone Stereoview Portrait Carl Sandburg Writing

Estimate: $50 - $400
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Gelatin silver stereoview depicting Carl Sandburg seated at a desk writing, identified in the printed caption as “Carl Sandburg, the Poet, at Work.” Published by Keystone View Company, with publisher’s imprint printed along the margins listing Meadville, Pennsylvania; New York; Chicago; and London. The stereoscopic images show Sandburg writing on a pad in a study lined with bookshelves and papers, with binoculars, books, a sculptural bust, and stereoscope and views are visible on the table.

Carl Sandburg was an American poet, historian, and biographer best known for his poetry about American life and his multi volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, which won a Pulitzer Prize.

Gray Keystone mount with series number 34503 printed along the lower margin and publisher’s imprint along both sides.

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