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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 354

Flirty “Grandma” Vernacular Snapshot Album Archive. Circa 1970s-early 1990s.

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

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Flirty “Grandma” Vernacular Snapshot Album Archive. Circa 1970s-early 1990s. Approximately 60 color snapshots, with corresponding versos, documenting an older woman posed in a wide range of playful, glamorous, and flirtatious outfits and domestic settings: evening dresses, swimsuits, fur wrap, hats, boots, boudoir-style interior poses, holiday décor, gardens, poolside scenes, and travel/vacation views. Many images are dated or annotated on verso, with several inscriptions appearing in German, and dates visible from the mid-1970s through 1992. A charming and highly stylized vernacular portrait group, centered on self-presentation, aging, fashion, humor, and private performance. Various snapshot sizes, most approx. 3 1/2 x 5" to 4 x 6".

Condition

Generally good, with expected color shift, light handling wear, occasional stains, curling, and minor surface/edge wear

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