Charles R. Savage Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Charles R. Savage Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 22, 2024
C.R. Savage photo of Yosemite c.1888
Est: $800 - $1,200
Heading: Author: Savage, Charles R. Title: View Down the Valley, Yosemite Place Published: Salt Lake City, Utah Publisher:C.R. Savage, Photo. Date Published: c.1888 Description: Albumen print. Image: 20.5x25.5 cm (8x10"); mat: 25.5x30.5 cm (10x12").Titled in manuscript on photographer's mat. Charles R. Savage (1832-1909) was an English-born photographer and a convert to Mormonism who emigrated in 1856. He is best known for shooting the completion of the transcontinental line when the Union Pacific was joined to the Central Pacific Railroads with the "golden spike" at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. As a photographer, he was active throughout the western states. As an ardent follower of Brigham Young, he would eventually enter into polygamist unions with four women.
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Nov. 02, 2023
Charles R. Savage in Salt Lake City
Est: $500 - $800
Heading: Author: Savage, Charles R. Title: Album leaf with two Charles R. Savage views of Salt Lake City. Place Published: Salt Lake City Publisher: Date Published: c.1880's Description: 2 albumen prints, one on each side of an album leaf measuring 30x41.6 cm (11¾x16½"). Includes: Salt Lake City from Prospect Hill. 22.8x28.5 cm (9x11¼"). East Part of Salt Lake City. 22.8x29.3 cm (9x11½"). Charles R. Savage (1832-1909) was an English-born photographer and a convert to Mormonism who emigrated in 1856. He is best known for shooting the completion of the transcontinental line when the Union Pacific was joined to the Central Pacific Railroads with the "golden spike" at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. As a photographer, he was active throughout the western states. As an ardent follower of Brigham Young, he would eventually enter into polygamist unions with four women.
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Nov. 02, 2023
Charles R. Savage in Salt Lake City
Est: $500 - $800
Heading: Author: Savage, Charles R. Title: Album leaf with four Charles R. Savage views of The Mormon Temple and Salt Lake City with two additional railroad photographs on verso Place Published: Salt Lake City Publisher: Date Published: c.1880's Description: 6 albumen prints on single album leaf measuring 30.8x41.6 cm (12¼x16½"). Includes: Recto: Mormon Temple Salt Lake City. 10.1x15 cm (4x6"). Mormon Temple Salt Lake City. 10.2x13.7 cm (4x5½"). Salt Lake City Prospect Hill. 9.9x15.1 cm (4x6"). East Part of Salt Lake City. 10x15 cm (4x6"). Verso: Castle Gate, Utah. 11x18.5 cm (4¼x7¼"). Black Canon of the Gunnison. Rocky Mountains by J.M. Bagley. 22.2x16.1 cm (8¾x6¼"). Charles R. Savage (1832-1909) was an English-born photographer and a convert to Mormonism who emigrated in 1856. He is best known for shooting the completion of the transcontinental line when the Union Pacific was joined to the Central Pacific Railroads with the "golden spike" at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. As a photographer, he was active throughout the western states. As an ardent follower of Brigham Young, he would eventually enter into polygamist unions with four women.
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Apr. 27, 2023
CHARLES ROSCOE SAVAGE (1832-1909) Utah, Price River, Castle Gate, D & R.G.R.R.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
CHARLES ROSCOE SAVAGE (1832-1909) Utah, Price River, Castle Gate, D & R.G.R.R. Albumen print, the image measuring 9 5/8x11 1/4 inches (24.4x28.6 cm.), flush mounted, with Savage's credit and title in the negative. Circa 1880 Savage, British born and a member of the Mormon Church, ran a studio in Salt Lake City and is known for his views of the American West.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 21, 2022
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. SAVAGE, Charles Roscoe (1832-1909). Two photographs of Salt Lake City, including the Mormon Tabernacle. Salt Lake City, UT.
Est: $500 - $700
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. SAVAGE, Charles Roscoe (1832-1909). Two photographs of Salt Lake City, including the Mormon Tabernacle. Salt Lake City, UT. 2 albumen photographs, 11 x 8 1/2 in., mounted recto/verso on 17 x 12 in. album page. Titles include: Salt Lake City. Le tabernacle de temple nouveau. Ink title on mount below image (even toning to print, few areas of light spotting; mount with toning, some soiling, chipping, few short tears). Charles Savage's studio is shown at left with a sign that reads, "Pioneer Art Bazaar." -- Salt Lake City from Prospect Hill, S.W. Titled and signed by Savage in the negative (even toning to print).
Hindman
Jun. 21, 2022
[NATIVE AMERICAN]. SAVAGE, Charles R. (1832-1909), photographer. Baptism of 130 Indians of the Shebit Nation at St. George, by the Mormons. Salt Lake City, UT: ca 1870s.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
[NATIVE AMERICAN]. SAVAGE, Charles R. (1832-1909), photographer. Baptism of 130 Indians of the Shebit Nation at St. George, by the Mormons. Salt Lake City, UT: ca 1870s. 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (light toning and spotting, with wear to edges and corners). Verso bears applied paper label featuring photographer's information, image title, and series title, "Views of the Great West from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean / Utah Series." "Shebit Nation" here refers to the Shivwit band of Southern Paiutes. Featured at the center of the image is Daniel McArthur, President of the St. George Stake of the Mormon Church in Utah, standing up to his knees in a pool of water with an unidentified male Paiute subject. Numerous other Paiute subjects watch from the hillside above. Sheriff Augustus P. Hardy stands on a small ledge to the right, with his hand on his lapel. Source: Alfred L. Bush and Lee Clark Mitchell, The Photograph and the American Indian (p. 55).
Hindman
Nov. 15, 2021
[TRANSPORTATION]. SAVAGE, Charles Roscoe (1832-1909), photographer. Lake Point, Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, UT: C.R. Savage, n.d.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
[TRANSPORTATION]. SAVAGE, Charles Roscoe (1832-1909), photographer. Lake Point, Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, UT: C.R. Savage, n.d. 9 7/8 x 8 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (light stain, some toning). Photographer's imprint to mount recto. Period ink inscription provides title. An outdoor view picturing the S.S. General Garfield at dock on the Great Salt Lake. The General Garfield was a triple-decked steam-powered stern-wheeler with twin steam stacks was built in 1871. Here is she moored on the lake near a large three-story building and a parked train with several passenger cars. Beyond the train is an open carriage with several figures hitched to horses. A man tentatively identified as Savage's assistant lounges among the rocks in the foreground. The photographer effectively captures several modes of transportation as well as the majesty of the Lake and the mountains beyond.
Hindman
Dec. 02, 2015
Savage, Charles Roscoe: Cathedral Spires, Yosemite Valley
Est: €350 - €500
Cathedral Spires, Yosemite Valley, California. Circa 1880. Albumen print. 29 x 25 cm. Title and photographer's name in the negative in lower edge, mounted to original board; store label on the verso. As a photographer under contract with the Union Pacific Railroad, Charles R. Savage traveled to California in 1866 and then followed the rails back to Utah. He photographed the linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific on Promontory Summit, at Promontory, Utah in 1869, joining two other famous photographers, Andrew J. Russell and Alfred A. Hart, in documenting this historic event. Savage also photographed scenic areas of the west including Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and created many images documenting the growth of Utah towns and cities. Most of Savage's archived photographs, produced by several different early photographic methods, were lost in 1883 in a disastrous studio fire. – A few surface scuff marks (some retouched), otherwise a strong print in very good condition.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 01, 2014
Charles Savage (American, 1832-1909) Hanging Rock, American Fork Canon, Utah, together with works by Gustaf Sandahl, Grace Chander Horn, F.B. Fiske
Est: $500 - $700
Charles Savage (American, 1832-1909) "Hanging Rock, American Fork Canon, Utah, together with works by Gustaf Sandahl, Grace Chander Horn, F.B. Fiske and Unknown Artists (seven works)," c. 1887, gelatin silver print, largest 9.5" x 11.5" unframed Provenance: Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico Acquired from the above by Robert E. Beck, July 31, 2008. Property from the Estate of Robert E. Beck, Murphysboro, Illinois
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Mar. 23, 2010
SAVAGE, CHARLES R. (1832-1909) "Central Tunnel, Cañon of Grand River, Colo., D & R.G.R.R."
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
SAVAGE, CHARLES R. (1832-1909) "Central Tunnel, Cañon of Grand River, Colo., D & R.G.R.R." Mammoth printing-out-paper (Aristotype) print, 16 3/4x21 inches (42.5x53.3 cm.), on a period mount, with Savage's credit and title in the negative. Circa 1890
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 17, 2009
Savage, Charles Roscoe: Dale Creek Iron Viaduct
Est: €500 - €750
'Dale Creek Iron Viaduct, Promontory, Utah' 1869. Albumen print. 23 x 28,4 cm. Title and photographer's name in the negative in lower right coner, mounted to board (slight traces of use). As a photographer under contract with the Union Pacific Railroad, Charles R. Savage traveled to California in 1866 and then followed the rails back to Utah. He photographed the linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific on Promontory Summit, at Promontory, Utah in 1869. He joined two other famous photographers, Andrew J. Russell and Alfred A. Hart, in documenting this historic event and this series is considered his most famous work. Savage also photographed scenic areas of the west including Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and created many images documenting the growth of Utah towns and cities. He also traveled extensively over western North America, taking pictures in areas of Canada and Mexico, and in areas from the Pacific Ocean to Nebraska in the mid-west. Most of Savage's archived photographs, produced by several different early photographic methods, were lost in 1883 in a disastrous studio fire. - Slightly solied and small tear in upper edge, otherwise in very good condition.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 12, 2008
CHARLES ROSCOE SAVAGE (American, 1832-1909) Salt
Est: $600 - $800
CHARLES ROSCOE SAVAGE (American, 1832-1909) Salt Lake City from Prospect Hill, circa 1870-1880 Albumen 9-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches (23.5 x 28.6 cm) Recto: titled and studio reversed out in the negative State: mounted onto cardboard Very good condition, slight scuffing visible in raking light only.
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 07, 2006
SAVAGE, CHARLES (1832-1909) "Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River, Oregon" * "View on the Columbia, Cascades Locks."
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
SAVAGE, CHARLES (1832-1909) "Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River, Oregon" * "View on the Columbia, Cascades Locks." Together, 2 photographs. Albumen prints, 9 1/2x11 3/4 inches (24.1x29.8 cm.), each with Savage's title and credit in the negative. 1880s with-- Andrew J. Russell's "Dale Creek Bridge from Above," albumen print, 9x12 1/4 inches (22.9x31.1 cm.), with a title, in pencil, on mount recto, 1869 and A group of 3 collotypes of buffalo, 9 1/2x19 1/2 to 19x27 1/2 inches (24.1x50 to 48.3x70 cm.), by Laton Huffman. All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues and are posted below.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 18, 2006
SAVAGE, CHARLES R. (1832-1909) Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River, Oregon. * View on the Columbia, Cascades Locks.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
SAVAGE, CHARLES R. (1832-1909) "Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River, Oregon." * "View on the Columbia, Cascades Locks." Together, 2 photographs. Albumen prints, 91/2x113/4 inches (24.1x29.8 cm.), each with Savage's title and credit in the negative. 1880s
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Oct. 20, 2005
SAVAGE, CHARLES R. (1832-1909)
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
"Utah Western Railway, Bridge Across Jordan River, Salt Lake City." Albumen print, 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with Savage's printed credit and title, and with a hand written title, in ink, on mount recto. 1880s
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