C1880 WILLIAM F BUFFALO BILL CODY / BUFFALO BILLS WILD WEST CDV PHOTOGRAPH PHOTO
Item History & Price
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Exceptionally Rare and original, ca1880 William F Cody / “Buffalo Bill”, Albumen CDV Photograph taken in the early days of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. This outstanding Photograph measures approx. 2 1/8" by 3 1/4" and is mounted on its original, photographer’s card mount (overall size of card mount is approx. 2 3/8" by 3 7/8").
The photograph is a wonderful, half length portrait of a young and handsome Buffalo Bill wearing a bead decorated, fringed buck...skin jacket, embroidered Indian shirt, neckerchief and his trademark, wide brimmed hat. His long, flowing hair cascades to his shoulders. This is an image of a confident and proud Buffalo Bill taken during the early years of his Wild West Show. Text in the negative beneath the portrait reads “Hon. W. F. Cody ‘Buffalo Bill’”.
In 1869 Ned Buntline wrote the first of a series of "Buffalo Bill" Dime Novel based on the real life, Western character of the same name. The success of the Buffalo Bill novels led Buntline to turn “Buffalo Bill, the King of the Border Men” into a stage play of the same name. In 1872, Cody traveled to New York and attended opening night of the play at the Bowery Theater. When the audience learned the real Buffalo Bill was in the house, the cheering and whooping went on until Cody made his way to the stage to say a few words. Buntline attempted to persuade Bill to stay on and play himself in subsequent performances of the play, but Cody slipped back West, leaving audiences and New York newspaper columnists swooning over the new, authentic Western hero.
Later that year, Buntline succeeded in getting Cody to star in “Scouts of the Prairie“, which opened in Chicago to less-than-kind reviews. Audiences loved the play nevertheless, and jumped at the chance to see Buffalo Bill in person. Other melodramas followed, with Cody playing himself from Broadway to St. Louis, and always to packed and enthusiastic houses. Cody’s blossoming stage career, however was a winter-time vocation. Once spring returned, he was back in the West scouting for the US Army, where frontier commander Philip Sheridan was a great friend and supporter. In the early 1870s, the Indian wars were becoming increasingly bloody, and Cody’s scouting skills were much in demand. He engaged in many skirmishes with Plains Indians and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor after a battle at Loup River, Nebraska, in April 1872.
In the summer of 1876, Buffalo Bill was Chief of Scouts for the 5th Cavalry as his friend George Armstrong Custer led the 7th Cavalry to its doom at Little Big Horn. Several officers commented at the time that had Cody been scouting for the 7th, the massacre would have been avoided.
This VERY rare and simply fantastic, ca1880 Western Americana / Buffalo Bill CDV Photograph is in very good condition. The albumen Photograph has some light soiling and there is some mottling to the Image. The Card Mount, while generally clean and crisp and well preserved.
Overall this is a very attractive and well preserved example of this exceptionally rare and early CDV Photograph of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and will be a fantastic addition to any collection!!
Be sure to check out this seller’s other auctions for a number of other outstanding 19th and early 20th century Native American Indian and Western Americana Photos (including a number of Photographs from the Cody-Garlow Estate) which are also being offered for sale this week on eBay!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 20+ years!!
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The photograph is a wonderful, half length portrait of a young and handsome Buffalo Bill wearing a bead decorated, fringed buck...skin jacket, embroidered Indian shirt, neckerchief and his trademark, wide brimmed hat. His long, flowing hair cascades to his shoulders. This is an image of a confident and proud Buffalo Bill taken during the early years of his Wild West Show. Text in the negative beneath the portrait reads “Hon. W. F. Cody ‘Buffalo Bill’”.
In 1869 Ned Buntline wrote the first of a series of "Buffalo Bill" Dime Novel based on the real life, Western character of the same name. The success of the Buffalo Bill novels led Buntline to turn “Buffalo Bill, the King of the Border Men” into a stage play of the same name. In 1872, Cody traveled to New York and attended opening night of the play at the Bowery Theater. When the audience learned the real Buffalo Bill was in the house, the cheering and whooping went on until Cody made his way to the stage to say a few words. Buntline attempted to persuade Bill to stay on and play himself in subsequent performances of the play, but Cody slipped back West, leaving audiences and New York newspaper columnists swooning over the new, authentic Western hero.
Later that year, Buntline succeeded in getting Cody to star in “Scouts of the Prairie“, which opened in Chicago to less-than-kind reviews. Audiences loved the play nevertheless, and jumped at the chance to see Buffalo Bill in person. Other melodramas followed, with Cody playing himself from Broadway to St. Louis, and always to packed and enthusiastic houses. Cody’s blossoming stage career, however was a winter-time vocation. Once spring returned, he was back in the West scouting for the US Army, where frontier commander Philip Sheridan was a great friend and supporter. In the early 1870s, the Indian wars were becoming increasingly bloody, and Cody’s scouting skills were much in demand. He engaged in many skirmishes with Plains Indians and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor after a battle at Loup River, Nebraska, in April 1872.
In the summer of 1876, Buffalo Bill was Chief of Scouts for the 5th Cavalry as his friend George Armstrong Custer led the 7th Cavalry to its doom at Little Big Horn. Several officers commented at the time that had Cody been scouting for the 7th, the massacre would have been avoided.
This VERY rare and simply fantastic, ca1880 Western Americana / Buffalo Bill CDV Photograph is in very good condition. The albumen Photograph has some light soiling and there is some mottling to the Image. The Card Mount, while generally clean and crisp and well preserved.
Overall this is a very attractive and well preserved example of this exceptionally rare and early CDV Photograph of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and will be a fantastic addition to any collection!!
Be sure to check out this seller’s other auctions for a number of other outstanding 19th and early 20th century Native American Indian and Western Americana Photos (including a number of Photographs from the Cody-Garlow Estate) which are also being offered for sale this week on eBay!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 20+ years!!
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