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an old photo of a book with pictures of people playing tennistwo black and white photographs of a horse pulling a carta book with a picture of a man and a dog on it
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

1441 - Voelcker, François-Xavier
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Estimate €1,400 - €2,000
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Voelcker, François-Xavier École de Cavalerie de Saumur. Instant photographs of horses in motion. A publication honoured with a letter of congratulations from the Minister of War. With 52 original photographs. Paris, Mouveau-Graffard, undated (before 1889). 4°. Hardback with gold-embossed title (worn and bumped). Extremely rare. - Official General Catalogue of the 1889 Universal Exhibition. (Paris, 1889). Vol. 2: Group II. Education and Teaching. Equipment and Methods of the Liberal Arts. Class 12. Photographic Prints and Apparatus, p. 15, no. 274. - A very rare publication by the Alsatian François-Xavier Voelcker, who specialised in photographing horses in motion and performing vaulting with a patented Goerz-Anschütz camera. He also published a series of his photographs as postcards. - Some photographs faded. Cardboard with foxing. Albumen prints generally well preserved. With 52 original photographs. Half-leather binding with gilt title on spine (rubbed and bumped). - Extremely rare. - A very rare publication by the Alsatian François-Xavier Voelcker, who specialised in photographing horses in motion and vaulting with a patented Goerz-Anschütz camera. He also published a number of his photographs as postcards. - Some of the photographs have faded. The cardboard is foxed. Overall, the albumen prints are in good condition. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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