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Glimpses: Vintage, Fine, and Vernacular Photography

Thu, Jul 23, 2026 11:00AM EDT
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This diverse sale - made up of fine, vintage, and vernacular photographs - will focus closely on the snapshot. Once considered mere "fabrics of yesteryear," these fleeting images have been recently reclaimed by the collecting community, and appreciated for their candid, historical, and visual depth. But all genres of photographs will be represented, with featured lots to include space and NASA material, sideshow cabinet cards, fine art photos, and vernacular works of all types.
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Lot 328

Female Bodybuilder / Fitness Model Photograph Archive in Binder. 1980s-90s.

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

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Female Bodybuilder / Fitness Model Photograph Archive in Binder. 1980s-90s. Binder containing 130+ photographs of a female bodybuilder/fitness model, including black-and-white and color images, studio and location portraiture, physique studies, bikini and posing photographs, and multiple related image sequences. The archive includes dramatic studio compositions with industrial/sculptural props, barred backdrops, rope and apparatus imagery, ball/prop poses, swimsuit and athletic glamour portraits, and numerous duplicate or variant prints housed in plastic binder sleeves. A visually cohesive late-20th-century archive documenting female bodybuilding and fitness culture at the intersection of physique photography, glamour, vernacular portraiture, and commercial/studio modeling. Various sizes and formats, with many smaller black-and-white prints and larger color images; binder included.

Condition

Condition varies, with handling wear, surface marks, occasional creasing, staining, emulsion loss, edge wear, and age toning. Contents as found.

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