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June 2026 Vernacular Photo History Auction

Wed, Jun 24, 2026 11:00AM EDT
  2026-06-24 11:00:00 2026-06-24 11:00:00 America/New_York Michael Lehr Michael Lehr : June 2026 Vernacular Photo History Auction https://auction.michaellehrantiques.com/auctions/michael-lehr-antiques/june-2026-vernacular-photo-history-auction-23574
Our June 2026 auction presents a focused and exceptional selection of historical photographs spanning the 1840s through the early twentieth century, with unusual depth in named subjects, rare formats, and documented provenance anchored by strong vernacular material that rewards close looking.
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Lot 565

Real Photo Postcard, Tysik Hurka and Painter Bures, 1934

Estimate: $25 - $50
Starting Bid
$10

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A real photo postcard dated 1934 captures two men in a composite studio scene: on the left, Tysik Hurka of Domažlice seated at a small round table in traditional Bohemian dress, and on the right, the painter identified as Bures seated before a large canvas on an easel. The photograph is signed with the stylized signature "Bures" in the lower left corner and was produced as a postcard format with a standard divided back. No photographer's imprint is visible.

Hurka wears a wide-brimmed dark hat, a white blouse with lace ruffles, a dark vest fastened with a row of buttons, and a decorative kerchief at the collar. Before him on the table sit a handled beer mug, a dark glass bottle, a tall glass, and what appears to be a cigar and ashtray. Bures is dressed in a dark suit jacket with a bow tie and holds a painter's palette loaded with pigments, a brush visible in his hand, while the canvas behind him depicts Hurka in the same costume raising a full beer stein.

The inscription on the reverse reads in Czech script: "Tysik Hurka z Domažlic s mistrem Burešem 1934," translating to "Tysik Hurka from Domažlice with Master Bureš, 1934." Domažlice is a town in the Bohemian region of what is now the Czech Republic, known for its preservation of traditional Chodian folk culture and costume.

The reverse bears the handwritten inscription and a penciled catalog notation in the upper right corner.

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