Photography auctions

A photograph depicting a soldier of the Polish Army in the late 1930s. The Polish wz.38 belt buckle ("rembertówka") is clearly visible. The item's condition is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.6 cm.
A portrait photograph depicting Lieutenant Roszkowski of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Legions (Vilnius). The details of the uniform are clearly visible, including the regimental badge on the uniform pocket. Stamp of the “L. Siemaszko” photography studio in Vilnius. The condition of the photograph is shown in the attached images. Dimensions: 12.2 x 8 cm.
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Wilanów, park. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commerci...
A photograph from the early 1920s depicting a Polish police officer talking to a man in civilian clothes. A Model 1921 saber with a scabbard is visible. A car is clearly visible in the background. The condition of the item is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 8.8 x 13.5 cm
[NIKIFOR] Nikifor Krynicki on the street. Photograph. [1950s–1960s]. Gelatin-silver print: Nikifor wearing a hat and a coat with a fur collar, carrying a cane and a briefcase under his arm. On the reverse, “Nikifor” and a number are written in pencil. The top edge is cut. Dimensions: 17.7 x 12 cm. Nikifor Krynicki (born Epifaniusz Drowniak, 1895–1968)—one of the world’s most outsta...
[Count Zdzisław Tarnowski] Photograph of the painting of Our Lady of Dzików with a dedication to Count Zdzisław Tarnowski. Father Stanisław Markiewicz, Prior of the Dominican Fathers. Dzików, June 24, 1899. An albumen print reproducing a painting of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus and St. Joseph, all wearing crowns and votive robes, mounted in a passe-partout, set in a black wooden f...
Tarnopol - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a longtime member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, wher...
Przemyśl - San. Dimensions: 9 x 6 cm.
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Grand Theater. Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercia...
A portrait photograph of a Polish Army captain. The details of the uniform, including decorations and a wound badge, are clearly visible. The condition of the item is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 cm.
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Bielany, a party. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commer...
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Monument to the Dowborczyki. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at...
The album is shown in its entirety in the photos.  Dimensions: 22.5 x 31 cm.
Częstochowa - Commercial High School - Class II - before the 1934 high school graduation exams. Photo size: 15x22 cm The Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection in Częstochowa on the school crest 126 H:
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. A view of Paderewski Park. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at t...
The album is shown in its entirety in the photos.  Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 cm.
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. The old defensive walls on Brzozowa Street. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “local history photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Local History Society. From 1900, he lived in ...
A photograph depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army in the interwar period. The photograph serves as a memento from his military service in the Second Polish Republic. This photograph is associated with Czesław Wiśniewski, a participant in the Warsaw Uprising, and dates from the period preceding the outbreak of World War II. Dimensions: 5 cm × 8 cm. Overall con...
A photograph showing Czesław Wiśniewski with a colleague during their service in the Polish Army in the interwar period. The photograph serves as a memento of both soldiers’ military service in the Second Polish Republic. A photograph associated with Czesław Wiśniewski, who later participated in the Warsaw Uprising. Dimensions: 5 cm × 8 cm. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
Photograph/postcard: Four young Polish soldiers (wearing Polish military eagles on their caps); the young man on the right is holding a saber. No identification of the photographer or the people depicted. Sheet size: 13.5 x 8.5 cm.Condition: 3 pin holes (at the top, on the left, and at the bottom)
A photograph depicting an honor guard of cadets from Cadet Corps No. 1 in Lviv during a patriotic ceremony at the monument to Szymon Wizunas Szydłowski in the January Insurgents’ Section of the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. The monument, unveiled on July 4, 1909, depicts Szydłowski in a peasant’s tunic holding a banner featuring the Eagle, Pogoń, and the Archangel Michael. The section, kno...
Scouts from the Second Polish Republic. Postcard size.
Professional Non-Commissioned Officers' Corps of the 38th Lviv Rifle Regiment, 1930 (Dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm).
A collection of photographs depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic. The photographs show Wiśniewski in military uniform, both alone and with his colleagues. This collection serves as a memento of Czesław Wiśniewski’s military service prior to the outbreak of World War II and his subsequent participation in the Warsaw Uprising...
A photograph depicting two seated officers (from the Polish Army and the State Police). A group of civilians is visible in the background. The condition of the item is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 8.4 x 11 cm.
Second Polish Republic, Navy] ORP SĘP. Gdynia-Reda, May 1, 1939. Photograph measuring 8.8 x 6 cm. Description on the reverse. Traces of adhesive removal. ORP Sęp—a Polish submarine, one of two Orzeł-class vessels built for the Navy in the Netherlands. The submarine, with a submerged displacement of 1,473 metric tons, was launched on October 17, 1938, at the Rotterdamsche shipyard in Rotte...
Piotr Stanisław Wojciech MOSZYŃSKI, of the Nałęcz coat of arms (1800–1879) — a portrait in Polish national costume. Kraków, ca. 1860–1863. Photo by Ignacy Mażek. An original portrait photograph in carte de visite format, measuring 8.9 x 6 cm, taken at Ignacy Mażek’s studio in Kraków. On the front, below the photograph, is the imprint: “J. MAŻEK”; on the back is the studio ...
A collection of photographs depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic. The photographs show Wiśniewski in his military uniform, both alone and in the company of his colleagues. The tents and wz.22 mess kits are clearly visible. This collection serves as a memento of Czesław Wiśniewski’s military service prior to the outbreak of ...
Bochnia - Girl Scouts from the Second Polish Republic. Postcard size.
Emanuel MOSZYŃSKI of the Nałęcz coat of arms (1843–1863) — a participant in the January Uprising, aide-de-camp to François Rochebrune, killed in action near Miechów. Kraków, ca. 1862–1863. Photo by Walery Rzewuski. A very rare portrait photograph in carte de visite format, taken at Walery Rzewuski’s (1837–1888) studio in Kraków. Emanuel Moszyński is shown in a half-length por...
A set of 4 photographs depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic. The photographs show Wiśniewski in military uniform, both alone and in the company of his colleagues. This material serves as a memento from Czesław Wiśniewski’s military service prior to the outbreak of World War II and his subsequent participation in the Warsaw ...
[RUSSIAN ARMY] Four soldiers in Russian uniforms. Studio photograph. Pułtusk, J. Zakrzewska Studio. [Early 20th century]. Albumin print on cardboard with the studio’s imprint in the side margin. Dimensions: 10.7 x 16.4 cm. Four soldiers in uniforms with buttons, belts, and high boots, in a studio decorated with plants. The reverse is heavily stained and soiled. Until 1914, Pułtusk was an i...
A photograph with two insignia of the Officer Candidate Schools superimposed on it. 
[Second Polish Republic, GDYNIA] Warships and vessels in the port of Gdynia. Set of 6 photographs. Gdynia, Photographer Roman Morawski. [1930s]. Gelatin-silver photographs. Depicted are destroyers and Navy vessels at the quay and in the roadstead, a ship flying a full complement of flags with a crew on deck, and a panorama of the port with cranes. On the reverse, a purple stamp reading “Phot...
A team of Girl Scouts from the Second Polish Republic. Postcard size. 
[PIŁSUDSKI, Józef] Photograph of Józef Piłsudski with Kasztanka. Circa 1919. Photograph measuring 10.8 x 7.4 cm. A crack in the lower right corner. Slight yellowing of the upper margin.
A collection of photographs depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic. The photographs show Wiśniewski in military uniform, both alone and with his colleagues. This collection serves as a memento of Czesław Wiśniewski’s military service prior to the outbreak of World War II and his subsequent participation in the Warsaw Uprising...
A set of two postcards issued during World War I by the Supreme National Committee and sold as donation tokens to support the Legions. The condition of the item is shown in the attached photos. Dimensions: 14 x 9 cm.
Eastern Corps, interesting eagle on the cap—lit. Banaszkiewicz, item 247. Postcard size 
A collection of photographs depicting Czesław Wiśniewski during his service in the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic. The photographs show Wiśniewski in military uniform, both alone and with his colleagues. This collection serves as a memento of Czesław Wiśniewski’s military service prior to the outbreak of World War II and his subsequent participation in the Warsaw Uprising...
[ŁÓDŹ - RESURSA - CYCLING - SECOND POLISH REPUBLIC] The Sports Section of the “Resursa” Craftsmen’s Society in Łódź. An archive of 30 photographs documenting the Society’s activities, its 10th-anniversary celebration, cycling competitions, nationwide cyclists’ conventions, and sightseeing trips. 1920s (1923–1929). A collection of 30 original period photographs. Dimensions mos...
Soldiers with distinctive eagles and a patch, 1919.  Dimensions: 9 x 14 cm.
A historical photograph taken by Czesław Wiśniewski, a participant in the Warsaw Uprising. In the case of photographs depicting destroyed buildings and preserved traces of fighting, the images were taken in the postwar period, after the end of the Warsaw Uprising. The material constitutes an original iconographic document related to the history of Warsaw in 1944–1945. On the back of the ph...
Lublin - Photograph by H. Poddębski. City Hall and the Krakow Gate. Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied ...
The set includes a group photo and two orders for the Sanitary Department.a) A letter, a typescript with official stamps and signatures from the internal circulation process, bearing the sender’s stamp: Central Pharmaceutical Warehouse, Warsaw, 8 Górczewska St., ref. no. 97/20, dated Warsaw, January 5 (corrected? Looks like 8). January 1920. [with the annotation] b. urgent [addressed to:] t...
Soldier of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Chełm—Noncommissioned Officers' School, 1926. Postcard size 
No. 9 Military Police Squadron, Pinsk. Postcard size. Dry stamp.
WOROSHILOV, FRUNZE, BUDIONNY — On the Polish Front, 1920. A photographic print made in 1935, prepared to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Mikhail Frunze (1885–1925) for the Moscow military newspaper *Krasny Voin*. The photograph depicts Mikhail Frunze, Kliment Voroshilov, and Semyon Budyonny during the Red Army’s operations on the Polish Front in 1920. A valuable iconographic ...
ANDRÁSSY Gyula, Count, Prime Minister of Hungary and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary—portrait photograph, [ca. 1870]. Photograph (albumen print) in an oval vignette on the original backing, measuring 10.7 x 6.6 cm (visiting card size). The backing is unmarked. The subject is depicted from the waist up, wearing Hungarian formal attire (a trimmed atylla and fur), with medals. B...
[2nd SIGNALS REGIMENT / 5th P.A.P.] Maneuver platoon during military exercises. 2 photographs. 1928 Two gelatin-silver prints. Localized spots, dirt, and signs of wear. Soldiers of the maneuver platoon, armed and equipped, posing in front of a barracks building; on one of the photos, a sign reads “Maneuver Platoon, 2nd Signal Regiment, 5th P.A.P.” On the reverse of one of the photographs, ...
[POLISH ARMY - Portrait of a young soldier, a cavalryman, in uniform with decorative shoulder cords and a saber. [Ca. 1919–1920] Black-and-white photograph, print on photographic paper. A studio portrait of a young soldier of the Polish Army, shown in a medium close-up, with his head resting on his clasped hands, which are resting on the hilt of his saber. The subject is wearing a cloth unif...
Bukowina - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Church. Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Sch...
Warsaw - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Sewer construction work. Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the...
HABSBURG Albrecht, Archduke—portrait photograph, Adèle, Vienna, 1866. Photograph (albumen print) on original mount, size 10.2 x 6 cm (visiting card size), with rounded corners, by the Adèle studio in Vienna. An elderly general wearing glasses and sideburns, depicted from the waist up, in a light-colored double-breasted jacket with a coat draped over his shoulders, holding a cap and gloves ...
A group photograph of officers with recruits; some of the recruits in the foreground appear to be minors, along with members of the garrison/school band—trumpeters and French horn players—against the backdrop of a manor house.The photograph is mounted on a decorative cardboard passe-partout that imitates a wooden frame.The photograph measures 17 x 23 cm; the mat measures 27.5 x 33.7 cm. Co...
Złoczów - Photograph by H. Poddębski. The Uniate Church of St. Nicholas. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he s...
Dubno - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Church. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial School...
[WORLD WAR I] Set of 5 photographs of Russian soldiers and family portraits, including a card from the German prisoner-of-war camp at Königsbrück. [1914–1918]. Five gelatin-silver prints. Dimensions: 9 x 14 cm. Soiling and scuffs. One card on a printed “Kriegsgefangenensendung” form with the overprint “Res.-Lazarett II, Königsbrück (Sachsen), Neues Lager," addressed to "Józefa Ż�...
Postcard photograph, never circulated; photographer's stamp on the reverse: Zakład Fotograficzny Sz. Galperina, Rivne, 107 Szosowa St.Sheet measuring 13.5 x 8.5 cm.Good condition: bottom slightly creased, paper slightly silvered. The 45th Kresy Rifle Infantry Regiment was stationed in Rivne, Volhynia, during the interwar period; it originated in France as the 3rd Polish Rifle Regiment within ...
Lutsk - Photograph by H. Poddębski. Lubart's Castle. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Henryk Poddębski (1890, Chrząstków – 1945, Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most outstanding pre-war Polish photographers, a representative of so-called “tourist photography,” and a long-time member of the Polish Tourist Society. From 1900, he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commerci...
The photograph is labeled "1944" on the back; it is likely a later print.  Dimensions: 9 x 14 cm.
TORUŃ, Janina Gardzielewska. Portrait of a woman; photo by J. Gardzielewska, Toruń, 1960s; artist’s stamp on the reverse; black-and-white photo, very good condition, some soiling, traces of gluing; dimensions: 82x112 mm. Janina Gardzielewska (1926–2012)—a Polish photographer associated with Toruń. Daughter of photographer Alojzy Czarnecki. In 1939, she graduated from elementary school...
Photograph ( measuring 13.8 x 9.6 cm), glued onto a piece of cardstock (measuring 21 x 13.8 cm), on which a(hard-to-read) dedication is written: To Tadzik Sowicki, for a moment of …. , with a request to … a moment of exile, a thought of … and my misery. SzczepkoOn the last evening in London, November 16, 1946. Kazimierz Wajda(stage name Szczepcio/Szczepko, 1905–1955)—from Lviv, a Pol...
BURSA, Stanisław – a portrait photograph with an autograph and a handwritten dedication. Kraków, May 8, 1932. An original postcard from Stanisław Bursa’s Licensed School of Singing in Kraków, 3 Kapucyńska Street, 3rd floor, with a portrait photograph of the artist affixed to it. Dimensions: 10.5 x 15 cm. On the front, a handwritten name-day dedication to a student, dated “Kraków, M...