Lot 1013
Photographs signed by Indian Chiefs Geronimo, Sitting Bull and Rain-in-the-Face, three signed photographs comprising; Geronimo (1829-1909) Apache Indian Chief who who resisted government removal of their people from treaty-guaranteed reservations in the late nineteenth century, leading raids and by 1885 an all-out campaign against white settlements in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, he was taken federal prisoner in 1886. Real sepia-toned picture postcard of Geronimo and his wife, signed "Geronimo" in pencil; from the collection of L.B. Deming Jr. whose grandparents were personal friends of Geronimo, letter of provenance; Sitting Bull (1831-1890) Lakota Sioux Medicine Man and Chief prophesized the Custer massacre and was with Gall and Crazy Horse at the Battle of Little Big Horn, considered the last Sioux to surrender to the U.S. government, Cabinet Card photograph taken by George Scott of Dakota Territory, boldly signed "Sitting Bull" in ink on verso; Rain-in-the-Face (1835-1905) Lakota Sioux War Chief among the Indian leaders who defeated Custer at Little Big Horn, Cabinet photograph, half-length seated portrait taken by Army photographer George Spencer at the World's Fair in 1893, bold "Rain in the Face" signature in pencil on verso with "written by himself W.G.L." below; All three images professionally mounted and framed together, Very Fine.
Estimate 25,000 - 30,000
AN EXCEPTIONAL DISPLAY OF THESE HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT INDIAN CHIEFS.
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| Realized $25,000 |
