1890s Male Nude Strongman Eugen SANDOW by Van Der WEYDE Start Price USD 1,500.00 Current Price USD 1,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, December 04, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 11, 2008 Location New York, NY See more about '1890s Male Nude Strongman Eugen SANDOW by Van Der WEYDE' Description 1890s Male Nude Strongman Eugen SANDOW by Van Der WEYDE View AllOur AuctionsShipping & PaymentContact UsImage Reproduction* What is Vintage?  This early and RARE vintage* male nude photograph features handsome strongman Eugen SANDOW (1867-1925), arguably the best known and greatest bodybuilder of the late-19th Century. This vintage photograph is by Henry Van Der WEYDE of London, one of the first to photograph Sandow in beautiful studio poses. Throughout Sandow's extensive career, he used the developing medium of photography to market himself in cabinet cards and photographs. He was a favored model of some of the best of the 19th Century artist and body building enthusiasts, and performed for many years with Florenz Ziegfeld. This exquisite vintage photograph is quite wonderful and rare. The 3¾-by-5¼-inch albumin print, is beautifully printed in sepia tones on light stock and is in excellent condition. The surface is worn along some of the edges, but this is only at the edge and the most common sort of ware for these early prints. The top-left corner is missing the emulsion as evident in the scan. The "BigKugels" watermark in the scan displayed here does not appear on the actual auction item. Read more. Tenth Anniversary Celebration!Since February 1998, we have been offering weekly eBay auctions of vintage nude photographs from the 1800s through the Beefcake era to contemporary photographers, with a commitment to providing collectors with quality vintage photographs and accurate information.Watch our auctions for special anniversary deals! SHIPPING & PAYMENT: Buyer will pay the listed shipping and packaging fee, which includes US Postal Priority shipping. Please note that we do not add insurance to items unless requested by the buyer, and only on items that sell for more than $100. Buyers who request insurance will pay the insurance fees as well. The purchased item will be shipped 10 business days after a check has been received, next business day for money orders. Important: Do not make payment before you have received our confirmation email containing payment instructions, as certain payment methods are not permitted in the Mature Audience section of eBay and may result in a refund of your payment, additional fees incurred and a delay in receiving your purchase. AOL Members, please add theguys@bigkugels.com to your address book to avoid having our email blocked by your email service. OUR "BIGKUGELS" WATERMARK ON OUR SCANS: Sorry folks, we had to do it. After years of providing sizable and detailed scans for our bidders we have found it necessary to add our watermark to the scans. A few unscrupulous eBay sellers have been making cheap copy prints by simply printing our eBay scans onto photo printer paper and selling them to unsuspecting buyers as "reprints" of unspecified origin. Please know that the "BigKugels" watermark on our auction scans is not on the original photographs and is simply added to prevent unlawful duplication by other sellers. And if you see another seller with a "duplicate" or "copy" print of a rare image, be sure to inquire about its origin.* REPRODUCTION FORBIDDEN: The images included with our auctions are of works in our collection and are provided only for reference to prospective buyers. Copying these images for reproduction or distribution is strictly forbidden. Many of the original and vintage prints we sell are also governed by copyright to the photographers or their estates, in which case legal action may also be taken on the part of the owners of that copyright. * What makes a photograph VINTAGE? Or an original, a reprint or a copy? It is crucial for you as a vintage photography collector to know what these terms mean and what you should ask an eBay seller when you are uncertain about an item's age or origin. For more information about the terms we use to identify the age and quality of the photographs in our listings, please see our "About Me" page. VIEW OUR ITEMS: Each week we list several noteworthy vintage photographs under the mature audiences category in compliance with eBay's strict guidelines regarding photographs containing male frontal nudity. These items are easily accessible from the complete list of our auctions. BigKugels Photographic welcomes questions and inquiries from collectors of vintage photography. We are an online resource for collectors, new and seasoned, providing brief histories of the photographers we represent, samples of their work and collectors notes, including information about photographers' stamps, signatures and original catalog listings. We also provide suggested resources on the history of male nude photography, including currently available books and Internet resources. Feel free to contact us with questions at theguys@bigkugels.com. Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.1.98.0 Place a Bid!