2023-08 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/27/2023
Framed albumen photograph, 4-3/4 x 8-1/8 inches, Tombstone, Arizona, 1886, by C.S. Fly, on original mount, titled "Geronimo, Son and two picked Braves" on verso label. The label of Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly describing the image as follows: "Scene in Geronimo's Camp, the Apache Outlaw and Murderer. Taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook, March 27, 1886, in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. Escaped March 30, 1886 ... Man with long rifle Geronimo." No 174 from the series. A particularly striking portrait of Geronimo (aka Goyathlay, 1829-1909) accompanied by his son Chappo, second cousin Fun, and brother-in-law Yahnozha. The "Copyright 1886 by CS Fly" wet stamp is slightly smudged, and there is 1/2"spot on the foreground. Cowan's sold one in 2005 for $4,888. Bonham's sold one in 2016 for $3750. Swann's sold one 2013 for $3750.
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