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Lot 116 · 19th and 20th Century Photographs

'Fuji through the Pines'; 'Fuji through the Midday Sun', both circa 1902-1905

Herbert George Ponting

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Estimate
£800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,159–$1,739
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — 19th and 20th Century Photographs , London (South Kensington) · 20 October 2000
Record ID
TB-2026-6348748
Record
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Herbert George Ponting, 'Fuji through the Pines'; 'Fuji through the Midday Sun', both circa 1902-1905. Christie's, 20 Oct 2000, lot 116. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6348748.

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Herbert George Ponting, 'Fuji through the Pines'; 'Fuji through the Midday Sun', both circa 1902-1905. Christie's, 20 Oct 2000, lot 116. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6348748.

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From the same sale 19th and 20th Century Photographs · Oct 2000

LotArtistEstimateResult
British and European portrait and costume studies, 1860s and later MAULL & CO., HILLS & SAUNDERS, BATCHELDER & CO. AND OTHERS £500–£700
Military officer, circa 1845 ANONYMOUS £200–£250
Woman with child, late 1840s or early 1850s ANONYMOUS £400–£600
Family, group and individual portraits, circa 1840s-50s VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING J.E. MAYALL AND KOPSCH & MAY £500–£700
Portraits of children, 1840s-50s CLAUDET, BAKER (Calcutta), J.E. MAYALL, SARONY, KILBURN, KEELY AND OTHERS £900–£1,200
European portraits, circa 1840s-1850s MAYER & PIERSON, MAYER FRÈRES, EICHMANN & CO., J VOLLNER, L.A. BISSON FILS AND OTHERS £900–£1,200

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