The Pamela Rankin-Smith Photograph Collection
By Scott Daniels Auction
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Mar 13, 2021
1412 NY-213 High Falls, NY 12404, United States
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A Newly Discovered Signed Photograph Collection of 20th Century Celebrity Figures is being presented at Scott Daniel's Auction on March 13th, 2021
Pamela Rankin-Smith ( -2013), American Photographer. Member Friend of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Photographic Adminstrs., Inc., Actors Equity Association, American Society Media Photographers Ikebana International, Municipal Art Society, National Arts Club, Camera Club New York, Circle of Confusion, Society Scribes.
The collection is from a family member of the late photographer. The photographer was published. One of the books featured iconic figures from the 1960s through the 1980s. The photos are of noted artists such as LeRoy Neiman, political figures including Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, Jimmy Carter. Fashion icons like Oleg Cassini. Science legends such as Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Actors including Yul Brynner, Elizabeth Taylor.
Each and every one is signed by the subject being photographed!
Just some of the 150 plus celebrity original photographs:
Andy Warhol - Jackie Kennedy - Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Elizabeth Taylor - Sidney Poitier - Al Pacino - Indira Gandhi - Luciano Pavarotti - Tennessee Williams - Ansel Adams - Liv Ullmann - Jimmy Carter - Benjamin Spock - Barbara Walters - Kurt Vonnegut - Roy Lichtenstein - Yul Brynner - Liberace - Isaac Asimov - Barbara Jordan - Oleg Cassini - Betty Friedan - Mikhail Baryshnikov
BIDDING OFFICIALY OPENS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH 2021
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LOT 143:
Photo by Pamela Rankin - Smith
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Sold for: $22
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$10 - $1,000
Buyer's Premium: 15%
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Cynthia Gregory, 1984: Signed Photo Portrait
B/W photo of Cynthia Gregory, 1984 by P.Rankin- Smith mounted on art paper /board and signed on the margin by Cynthia Gregory, 1984. The signature is authentic with provenance. Image size : 7.75 x 8.75 inches. Mount size: 11 x 14 inches. Please refer to images for the best determination of the condition.
American prima ballerina: Gregory was the recipient of the 1975 Dance Magazine Award, honoring her dedication to, and enrichment of, the art of dance. In 1978 she received the Harkness Ballet’s first annual Dance Award. She is the only two-time recipient of annual awards from Dance Educators of America (1981 and 1988). In 1988, the now-defunct magazine New York Woman gave Gregory its first “Showstopper of the Year” award. The New York Public Library designated her a “Lion of the Performing Arts” in 1989. She received the lifetime-achievement Certificate of Merit from the National Arts Club in 1991. Hofstra University awarded Gregory an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 1993, and she received an honorary doctorate from State University of New York–Purchase College in 1995.
