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Lot 149

Male Nude Photobook Collection

Estimate: $600 - $800
Starting Bid
$100

Bid Increments

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$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,500 $250
$5,000 $500
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$25,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Eleven (11) homoerotic photobooks, includes: Arthur Tress (American, b. 1940). "Arthur Tress." 1995. Published by Edition Stemmle AG in 1995. Hardcover. 11 x 10"; Dennis Dean (American, Contemporary). "Within Reach." 2001. First Edition. Published by Dennis Dean in 2001. Softcover. 12" x 9"; "Ed Freeman: Work." 2000. Published by Bruno Gmünder Verlag in 2000. Hardcover. 11 x 8 1/2". David Vance (American, b. 1926). "Timeless." 2006. Published by Bruno Gmünder Verlag in 2006. Hardcover. 11 x 8 1/2"; Allen Ellenzweig (American, Contemporary). "The Homoerotic Photograph: Male Images from Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe." Forward by George Stambolian. 1992. Published by Columbia University Press in 1992. Hardcover. 12 x 11"; Christopher Makos (American, b. 1948). "Exhibitionism." 2004. Preface by Glenn Albin and Foreword by Calvin Klein. Published by Glitterat Incorporated in 2004. Hardcover. 11 x 9"; Jeff Marano (American, Contemporary) "Eros." 2004. Published by teNeues Publishing Group. Hardcover. 13 3/4 x 10 1/2; , Alasdair Foster (Contemporary). "Behold the Man: The Male Nude in Photography." Published by Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, in 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 12 x 8 1/2", David Leddick (American, 1930-2023) "Male Nude Now: New Visions for the 21st Century." 2001. Published by Universe in 2001. Softcover. 11 x 8 1/2", Douglas Cloutier (20th Century) "Douglas Cloutier." 1996. Forward by John Simmonds. Published by Alluvial Publishing, California. 12 x 11"; Karen Hardy (American, 20th Century). "Not Just Another Pretty Face: An Intimate Look at America's Top Male Models." Published by Plume, New York, in 1983. Softcover. 11 x 8 1/2"

Condition

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