A carbon print is a photographic print with an image consisting of pigmented gelatin, rather than silver or other metallic particles suspended in a uniform layer of gelatin, as in typical black-and-white prints, or of chromogenic dyes, as in typical photographic color prints. Reference: Wikipedia
Below are some examples and price guides of carbon prints including a print of the Parthenon and a print of penguins and iceberg off Cape Royds
Leonard Misonne: Lavandieres, c. 1930s, carbon print, unmounted, titled and signed verso, Image size: 3-.5″ x 4.625″; Sheet Size: 3-.5″ x 4.625″.
Sold for US$450 at The Photo Review in 2023
William James Stillman, attr. (1828-1901)
THE PARTHENON, ATHENS, c.1870. Large panoramic-format carbon print, image/sheet size 225 x445mm, annotated ‘Agrigento’ in unknown hand in pencil verso.
Sold for £650 at Chiswick Auctions in 2023
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE)
‘An Iceberg off Cape Royds’, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER (‘H.G. Ponting’), carbon print, signature of the photographer in lower right, miscaptioned (‘An Iceberg off Ross Island… Scott’s Last Expedition’) in another hand, framed and glazed, image 330 x 460mm., [1911, printed later]
Sold for £850 at Bonhams in 2022
Herbert Ponting (British, 1870-1935) Cavern in an Iceberg, Scott’s Last Expedition, 1912 Toned carbon print 17-3/4 x 12-3/4 inches (45.1 x 32.4 cm) (image) Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin recto.
Sold for US$8,500 at Heritage Auctions in 2022
Walery Photographer
“Lady (Virginia) Goldsmid”; c. 1890; Carbon Print; 9.75″ x 7″; Studio Stamp Lower Left; Unframed; Provenance: From the Estate of Marcuse “Cusie” Pfeifer (1936 – 2020).
Sold for US$100 at James Cox Gallery in 2022
