Quinn's Auction Galleries Dr. Giraud V. Foster's Photography Collection Auction ***ONLINE ONLY***

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Q1008 Dr. Giraud V. Foster's Photography Collection Auction

Friday, April 1st starting at 2:05pm EST

No in person floor bidding

Quinn’s Auction Galleries is proud to present the Dr. Giraud V. Foster’s Photography Collection Auction. Dr. Foster was a renowned doctor, archeologist, adventurer, and an avid collector. Beginning in 1961, he was employed as the personal physician to the last king of Yemen, Al Imam Ahmad bin Yahya Hamididdin. Most of the photographs featured in the auction are from his travels to India and Papua New Guinea. Foster visited Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea in the 1960s and 1970s to record the tribal music of the Papuan People. His photographs from his trips to India were published in his book “Festival Of Lights: Photographs Of India At Night” (2004). In addition, the auction features a selection of photographs of pressed seaweed that were included in his book “Seaweeds Wonders of the Ocean Realm” (1977).

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Open Preview:
Monday, March 28th — Thursday March 31st
11am to 4pm

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