Photography Dealer Catalogs

During the 1980s, many private photography dealers and galleries issued catalogs of selections from their inventory. Many of those below include inserted price lists, sometimes giving now surprisingly low figures. As is often said, read them and weep.

  • Ehlers, Carol/Allan Frumkin Gallery. 1981 Catalogue of Recent Acquisitions. Chicago, 1981. Softcover, 9 x 5 ¾ inches, 24 pages, 21 halftone illustrations.
  • Family Album. The Family Album Catalog: Rare and Contemporary Photography. Westport, Connecticut, c. 1975. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 96 pages, 560 halftone images.
  • Freidus, Robert. Catalogue: Robert Freidus Gallery. New York, 1979. Softcover, 10 x 6 ¾ inches, 32 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Frumkin, Allan. Photographs and Photographic Material From 1840-1972. Chicago, 1973. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 24 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Graphics International. 19th and 20th Century Prints/Photographs/Drawings. Washington, D.C., 1972. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, unpaginated, 150 halftone illustrations.
  • Halsted Gallery. 1977 Catalogue: The Halsted 831 Gallery. Birmingham, Michigan, 1977. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 66 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Hawkins, G. Ray. Photo Bulletin: Volume 1, Number 9. Los Angeles, 1979. Tabloid (newsprint), 17 ½ x 11 ½ inches, 16 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Hawkins, G. Ray. Photo Bulletin: Volume 5, Number 1. Los Angeles, 1982. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 24 pages, 39 halftone illustrations.
  • Hawkins, G. Ray. Photography Auction Fifteen. Santa Monica, California, 1995. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 48 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Hawkins, G. Ray. Photography Auction One. Los Angeles, 1983. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 32 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Hertzmann, Paul M. Twentieth Century American Photographs and Books. San Francisco, 1981. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 32 pages, 58 halftone illustrations.
  • Kicken, Rudolf. Katalog 6: Photographic Masterpieces. A Personal Selection, Köln, Germany, 1981. Softcover, 10 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, 64 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Koch, Robert. 1981-82 Catalogue: 19th & 20th Century Photographs. Berkeley, California, 1981. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 56 pages, 153 halftone illustrations.
  • Lee Gallery. Farm Security Administration Photographs From the 1930's. Winchester, Massachusetts, 1997. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 16 pages, 40 halftone illustrations
  • Lehr, Janet. Catalogue. New York, c. 1980. Softcover, 10 ¼ x 8 inches, 40 pages, 100 halftone illustrations.
  • Lehr, Janet. Catalogue 3. New York, c. 1980. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 46 pages, 191 halftone illustrations.
  • Light Gallery. Light. New York, 1981. Softcover, 10 x 8 inches, 96 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color)
  • Light Gallery. Light: Contemporary Photographs. New York, 1976. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 88 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Photocollect. Photographs: Selections, Fall 1990. New York, 1990. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 12 pages, 44 halftone illustrations.
  • Sander Gallery. Catalogue I: 20th Century Photography. Washington, D.C., 1979. Softcover, 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches, 80 pages, 105 halftone illustrations (some in color).
  • Schoelkopf, Robert. Photography Catalogue Number One. New York, c. 1975. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 32 pages, 122 halftone illustrations.
  • Smith, Andrew. Catalog No. 1: The American West: 1870-1930. Albuquerque, 1980. Softcover, 10 x 8 inches, 20 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Visual Studies Workshop. Print Sale Catalog. Rochester, New York, c. 1980. Softcover, 8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches, 24 pages, halftone illustrations.
  • Weston Gallery. Catalog 1978: The Weston Gallery Incorporated. Carmel, California, 1978. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 80 pages, 166 halftone illustrations (some in color).
  • Witkin Gallery. Catalogue IX: Fine Daguerreotypes and Books. New York, 1979. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 44 pages, 41 halftone illustrations.