A Private Collection of Historic Photography
Our April Private Collection of Historic Photography catalogue is now live and bidding is open. This single owner collection of late 19th and early 20th century vintage photography offer a rare insight into how settler Pākehā would have viewed Aotearoa’s once untamed landscape.
Highlighting the sale are a number of gelatin and albumen prints capturing our nations uniquely diverse topography. From the geothermal wonderland of Whakarewarewa and the Pink and White Terraces, through to the snow-capped Southern Alps, and the early development of some of our most established cities.
Also included are a selection of early 20th century photographic postcards. Perhaps the earliest iteration of a burgeoning New Zealand tourism industry, these images were produced to entice foreign visitors to our shores and are exceptional both in composition and subject matter.