The newly discovered collection of Pamela Rankin-Smith, a socialite and photographer who captured candid photos of iconic figures from the last quarter of the twentieth century, along with her negative catalog and rights, will be presented at auction.
When we held Part I, which was the introduction to the world of this socialite photographer's photographic works, collectors from around the world participated in the auction, setting several records.
Of course, that was Part 1...
The list of signed iconic celebrity photographs by Smith being presented at Part II will appeal to even more collectors. Iconic figures from Actors, TV Personalities, Political Figures, Writers, Dancers, Musical notables, and Sports Icons, will be presented in Part II.
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LOT 6:
Roger Nash Baldwin, 1979 : Signed Photo Portrait
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Sold for: $12
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Estimated price:
$100 - $1,000
Auction house commission: 20%
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Roger Nash Baldwin, 1979 : Signed Photo Portrait
B/W photo of Roger Nash Baldwin by P.Rankin- Smith mounted on art paper /board and signed on the margin by Roger Nash Baldwin, Aug '79. The signature is authentic with provenance. Image size : 6.5 x 6.5 inches. Mount size: 11 x 14 inches. Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884, to August 26, 1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950. Many of the ACLU's original landmark cases took place under his direction, including the Scopes Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, and its challenge to the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses. Baldwin was a well-known pacifist and author. In 1940 Baldwin became disenchanted with the communists and removed them from the ACLU s board of directors. In the end, he made civil rights a universal cause—a reversal of conditions in the 1920s and 1930s, when civil liberties were widely regarded suspiciously as a radical or leftist cause.
