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Horace D. Ashton*
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Horace D. Ashton*
See original version (German)
Estimate €300 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
Horace D. Ashton*
(Charles County 1883 – 1976 Port-au-Prince)
Immigrants from Italy arriving at Ellis Island, 1909
gelatin silver print 27.6 x 35.3 cm
on the reverse: photographer’s stamp and Underwood & Underwood stamp
printed later with an ‘American Museum of Photographs’ stamp on the reverse
ESTIMATE €300 – €700
STARTING PRICE €300
Horace D. Ashton was a pioneering photojournalist. He was employed by Underwood & Underwood. His subjects included the Wright brothers’ first public flights, the rapid expansion of New York City, the plight of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, and life in New York’s slums. Further artists and styles: New York City
PLEASE NOTE:
The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, sales tax and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee.
The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
See original version (German)
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