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Thursday, August 18, 2022
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On the cover:
Lot 219 • “Homosexuals are American Citizens Also” sign from Philadelphia’s Annual Reminder march, ink on cardboard, 1969.
Late 19th & Early 20th Century

Lot 1
GEORGE G. ROCKWOOD (1832–1911)
Portrait of Walt Whitman.

Lot 2
MATHEW BRADY (1822-1896)
Portrait of Walt Whitman.

Lot 3
[SIR RICHARD BURTON 1821-1890]
Priapeia or the Sportive Epigrams of divers Poets on Priapus.

Lot 4
NAPOLEON SARONY (1821-1896)
Portrait of Oscar Wilde.

Lot 5
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)
The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Lot 6
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)
Autograph Letter Signed, to "Dear Mrs. Beringer,"

Lot 7
PAUL VERLAINE (1844-1896)
Mes Prisons.

Lot 8
EDWARD CARPENTER (1844-1929); GEORGE CECIL IVES
Prisons Police and Punishment: An Inquiry into the Causes and Treatment of Crime and Criminals.

Lot 9
EDWARD CARPENTER (1844-1929); GEORGE CECIL IVES
Jahrbuch für Sexuelle Zwischenstufen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Homosexualitat.

Lot 10
(MEN IN LOVE)
A collection of more than 100 photographs of men posing affectionately together.

Lot 11
GUGLIELMO PLÜSCHOW (1852-1930)
Umberto, cameriere, Roma.

Lot 12
WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (1856-1931)
Sicilian Boy with Flower Vase.

Lot 13
WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (1856-1931)
Nude Leaning Against a Wall.

Lot 14
WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (1856-1931)
Figure in Wreath and With Branches.

Lot 15
PERCY ANDERSON (1851-1928)
Archive of 101 costume designs and related correspondence for the play "Kassa."

Lot 16
MAUD HUNT SQUIRE (1873-1954)
Two watercolors.

Lot 17
OTHO CUSHING (1871-1942)
"The Song of Higher Arthur."

Lot 18
RIENECKE (DATES UNKNOWN)
Pagan Rout III the Golden Ball of Isis.
1920s - 1930s

Lot 19
FRANCIS ORVILLE LIBBY (1883-1961)
Male figure on the beach, Maine.

Lot 20
(DJUNA BARNES 1892-1982)
Portrait of writer Djuna Barnes, apparently supplied to the American Academy of Arts and Letters upon her induction in 1959.

Lot 21
(PAUL SWAN 1883-1972)
A stylized portrait of the dancer, artist, and eventual gay icon by Charlotte Fairchild.

Lot 22
(FÉRAL BENGA)
A pair of portraits of the iconic figure François "Féral" Benga.

Lot 23
RADCLYFFE HALL (1880-1934)
The Well of Loneliness.

Lot 24
RADCLYFFE HALL (1880-1934)
Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself, Signed Copy.

Lot 25
HARRY HAY (1912-2002)
Classmate's 1929 Los Angeles High School yearbook Blue and White containing printed poem by Hay, Signed by him,

Lot 26
CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
Nora Holt.

Lot 27
CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
Self-Portrait in New York on a Sunday Morning.

Lot 29
ALEXANDER JENSEN YOW (1925 - )
Portrait of Cecil Beaton.

Lot 30
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955) & MONROE WHEELER (1899-1988)
Untitled.

Lot 31
GEORGE HOYNINGEN-HUENE (1900-1968)
(Horst's) Torso with Swim Trunks, Paris.

Lot 32
HERBERT LIST (1903-1975)
Heinz Thiele.

Lot 33
RUTH HARRIET LOUISE (1903-1940)
Portrait of the American actor William Haines.

Lot 34
WILLIAM H. LITTLEFIELD (1902-1969)
Two drawings.

Lot 35
WILLIAM H. LITTLEFIELD (1902-1969)
Standing Nude.

Lot 36
WILLIAM H. LITTLEFIELD (1902-1969)
Exos, with a Bow.

Lot 37
WILLIAM H. LITTLEFIELD (1902-1969)
Untitled (Nude).

Lot 38
ALEXANDER CAÑEDO (ALEJANDRO DE CAÑEDO (1902-1917)
The Dioscuri.

Lot 39
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)
Self-portrait.

Lot 40
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)
Portrait of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, New York.

Lot 41
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)
St. Sebastian (Hugh Laing).

Lot 42
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)
A portrait of the iconic figure François "Féral" Benga.

Lot 43
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)
Allen Meadows * Geoffrey Holder.

Lot 44
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)
Portrait of Truman Capote.

Lot 45
FRANCIS RENAULT (1893-1955)
Photograph postcard Signed and Inscribed, "For Midge / Sincerely / Francis / Renault / 1936,"

Lot 46
MARK BEARD (1956 - )
Two Rowers, 1936.

Lot 47
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Francisco F.

Lot 48
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Two Boys on a Beach, No. 2.

Lot 49
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Youth with Kite.

Lot 50
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Group of 10 figure studies.

Lot 51
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Arabesque.

Lot 52
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Waiting for Rehearsal.

Lot 53
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Nudo #1, #2 and #3.

Lot 54
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Art and Mort - Coffee Break.

Lot 55
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Dancer with Red Head Band.

Lot 56
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Reproduction of his painting Night in Bologna Signed and Inscribed, twice:

Lot 57
BEAUFORD DELANEY (1901-1979)
Untitled (Portrait of Young Man).

Lot 58
AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)
Two Drawings.

Lot 59
AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)
Two Drawings.

Lot 60
AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)
Three Drawings.

Lot 61
AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)
Three Drawings.

Lot 62
AVEL DE KNIGHT (1921-1996)
Saint Sebastian (Père Lachaise).
1940s

Lot 63
BERNARD PERLIN (1918-2014)
Union Square Pickup.

Lot 64
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Satyr.

Lot 65
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Sur la plage.

Lot 66
STEPHEN TENNANT (1906-1986)
"Marseilles, Villes d'oeillades!" * "Scent Adieu Sagesse! toute l'heures." *

Lot 67
(TENNESSEE WILLIAMS)
Portrait of the playwright at a farewell party with his two producers, Irene Selznick and Margo Jones.

Lot 68
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911-1983)
Grand.

Lot 69
Diary of a young navy veteran in Los Angeles after World War Two.

Lot 70
JARED FRENCH (1905-1988)
Murals by Jared French, Julien Levy Gallery.

Lot 71
PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)
Jared French.

Lot 72
PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)
Portrait of a model by Jared French.

Lot 73
PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)
Paul, Provincetown.

Lot 74
PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)
Bob Wallace by Jared French.

Lot 75
PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)
Jared French by Paul Cadmus.

Lot 76
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Portrait of Jared French.

Lot 77
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Portrait of Paul Cadmus.

Lot 78
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Yul Brynner.

Lot 79
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Nicholas Magallanes and Francisco Moncion in Balachines’s Orpheus II.

Lot 80
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Alexander Jensen Yow Leaning on Bed.

Lot 81
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Portrait of Herbert Bliss.

Lot 82
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Ted Starkowski.

Lot 83
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)
Chuck Howard.

Lot 84
ANGUS MCBEAN (1904-1990)
David (Ball) sends Christmas greetings.

Lot 85
ANGUS MCBEAN (1904-1990)
Surrealist beach scene with a male figure.

Lot 86
HORST P. HORST (1906-1999)
Male Nude, NY (hands behind buttocks).

Lot 87
(TAB HUNTER)
Portrait of Tab Hunter.

Lot 88
WALLACE SEAWELL (1916-2007)
Portrait of Johnny Mathis.

Lot 89
(GAY NIGHT LIFE)
Night Owl Bar.

Lot 90
SAMUEL STEWARD (1909-1993)
Untitled.

Lot 91
DUNCAN GRANT (1885-1978)
Two drawings on paper.

Lot 92
GEORGE DANIELL (1911–2002)
Key West Beach.

Lot 93
CRAWFORD BARTON (1943-1993)
Deep Creek, Mojave.

Lot 94
KEITH VAUGHAN (1912-1977)
Untitled (Male Nude).

Lot 95
BLADE (NEEL BATE 1916-1989)
"Jack."

Lot 96
BRIAN STONEHOUSE (1918-1998)
Portrait of woman.

Lot 97
SAMUEL STEWARD (1909-1993)
Untitled (Erotic Fantasy).

Lot 98
RAY JOHNSON (1927-1995)
Untitled.

Lot 99
THEODORE TITOLO (1928 - )
Untitled.

Lot 100
MARIETTE LYDIS (1887-1970)
Portrait of Two Women.

Lot 101
CORITA KENT (1918-1936)
Mmmarvelous Sunkist Taste!

Lot 102
(DRAG QUEEN CULTURE)
A selection of 17 movie stills from "The Queen."

Lot 103
LLOYD YEARWOOD (1925-2011)
Photograph of a drag club in Harlem.

Lot 104
GEOFFREY HOLDER (1930-2014)
Figure with raised arm.

Lot 105
EDWIN TOWNSEND (1879-1957)
Nude with Chains.

Lot 106
EDWIN TOWNSEND (1879-1957)
Tony Sansone with Sword.

Lot 107
(TONY SANSONE)
Progressive Home Physical Training by Tony Sansone.

Lot 108
(GEORGE QUAINTANCE)
A signed photograph of the artist George Quaintance (1902-1957).

Lot 109
GEORGE QUAINTANCE (1902-1957)
"Moonglow."

Lot 110
GEORGE QUAINTANCE (1902-1957)
"Siesta."

Lot 111
GEORGE QUAINTANCE (1902-1957)
Narcissus.

Lot 112
PHYSIQUE PICTORIAL
A long run of the popular beefcake magazine.

Lot 113
VARIOUS AUTHORS- VARIOUS ARTISTS
Gay Pulp Erotica Novels

Lot 114
VARIOUS AUTHORS- VARIOUS ARTISTS
Gay Pulp Erotica

Lot 115
VARIOUS AUTHORS- VARIOUS ARTISTS
Gay Pulp Erotica Novels.

Lot 116
VARIOUS AUTHORS- VARIOUS ARTISTS
Lesbian Pulp Fiction.

Lot 117
BOB MIZER (1922-1992)
Athletic Model Guild, Ted Bentley & Dick Kreutel.

Lot 118
(BODYBUILDING)
A bound volume with 105 photographs from Studio Arax centered on bodybuilders.

Lot 119
BRUCE BELLAS (BRUCE OF LA) (1909-1974)
Three contact sheets featuring the model Don Hawksley posing with different props.

Lot 120
BRUCE BELLAS (BRUCE OF LA) (1909-1974)
A selection of more than 70 male physique photographs.

Lot 121
(BRUCE OF LA/KENSINGTON ROAD)
Group of more than 100 photographs produced by Kensington Road from Bruce of LA's negatives.

Lot 122
(WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHY GUILD)
A group of approximately 180 superb male physique 35mm color slides.

Lot 123
(CHAMPION STUDIO--WALTER KUNDZICZ)
A set of 35 color photographs of scantily clad models with bulging posing pouches and sexy props.

Lot 124
(TARGET STUDIOS)
A group of 13 sets, each with 8 photographs, in glassine envelopes from the iconic studio organized by model or scene.

Lot 125
(MALE PHYSIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY)
A group of 13 sets, including 4 from Man's Image, Inc., of beefcake photographs enclosed in glassine envelopes, each set with 8 photographs of a single model.

Lot 126
(MALE PHYSIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS)
Approximately 140 35mm slides, including images by Bruce of LA, Times Square Studio, Man's Image, and more.

Lot 127
JIM FRENCH (1932-2017)
Franco Corelli, Studio.

Lot 128
JIM FRENCH (1932-2017)
Jake Tanner, Ball, Studio.

Lot 129
JIM FRENCH (1932-2017)
Jake Tanner, Joshua Tree.
Tom of Finland & Other Illustrators

Lot 130
COLT (JIM FRENCH 1932-2017)
Cattlemen.

Lot 131
COLT (JIM FRENCH 1932-2017)
"Lock and Key."

Lot 132
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Portrait of Eric.

Lot 133
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Untitled (Preparatory drawing).

Lot 134
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Untitled (preliminary drawing).

Lot 135
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
"A Man and His Boot."

Lot 136
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Jack in the Jungle.

Lot 137
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Falcon's Lair.

Lot 138
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Tom's Saloon and The Quarter, S.F.

Lot 139
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
"AUA American Uniform Association 4th Annual Review New York City Oct. 9-12 1981."

Lot 140
After TOM OF FINLAND
Tom of Finland Temporary Tattoos

Lot 141
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Vintage T-shirt and swim trunks.

Lot 142
PATRICK MCMULLAN (1956 - )
Tom of Finland, #76.

Lot 143
BRUCE RAPP (1954-1990)
Boot.

Lot 144
RANDAL (RANDY) WEST (DATES UNKNOWN)
Reclining cop on motorcycle.

Lot 145
ETIENNE (DOM OREJUDOS, 1933-1991)
Two Men on a motorcycle.

Lot 146
ETIENNE & STEPHEN (DOM OREJUDOS, 1933-1991)
The Gold Coast Two posters

Lot 147
ETIENNE (DOM OREJUDOS, 1933-1991)
International Mr. LeatherThree posters.

Lot 148
REX (DATES UNKNOWN)
The Pleasure Chest and Fey Way Studios. Two Posters.

Lot 149
THE STUD
Large collection of pinback buttons from the legendary San Francisco bar.

Lot 150
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Gay Bars and Clubs

Lot 151
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Leather and Fetish Bar Posters

Lot 152
SADAO HASEGAWA (1945-1999)
Angels.

Lot 153
SADAO HASEGAWA (1945-1999)
"Red Dan."

Lot 154
BIL SCHMELING / THE HUN (unknown-2019)
"What can YOU Offer the Team?"

Lot 155
BIL SCHMELING / THE HUN (unknown-2019)
"Staked Out" / Special Orders.

Lot 156
BIL SCHMELING / THE HUN (unknown-2019)
"Ride a Cock Hoarse!"

Lot 157
TEDDY OF PARIS (1961-)
"Hot Waves."

Lot 158
"BEAU" (KEVIN KING 1959- )
"Everyone Wins."

Lot 159
"BEAU" (KEVIN KING 1959- )
Tension.

Lot 160
PALANCA (PEDRO PALANCA 1968-2014)
Study for Untitled (Orgy scene).

Lot 161
LEONOR FINI (1907-1996)
Le Train Blanc.

Lot 162
LEONOR FINI (1907-1996)
l'Histoire d'O.

Lot 163
LEONOR FINI (1907-1996)
Visage.

Lot 164
DELMAS HOWE (1935 - )
Untitled (Wrestlers).

Lot 165
DELMAS HOWE (1935 - )
Study of Brad.

Lot 166
JASON B. FISHBEIN (1937-?)
Reclining Male Nude.

Lot 167
ROBERT BLISS (1925-1981)
Two paintings on board.

Lot 168
ROBERT BLISS (1925-1981)
Seated Figure.

Lot 169
GEORGE STAVRINOS (1948-1990)
Nude models, Rhode Island School of Design.