New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-12-06
Photographs Of Celebrities
How the Picture. Of variou. Noted Actors

Photographs Of Celebrities.
How the Pictures Of Various Noted Actors and
Actresses Sell.
II Noticing number of ladies gathered
before a window on upper Broadway
recently, q Mail and Express reporter
peered over the shoulders Of the fair
danes and found that photograph of
Mrs. Langtry was the magnet attract.
ing attention. Stepping into the store,
the reporter asked:
Whose picture sells best at pres
ent?"
"Thato of Mrs. Langtry, by long Odds"
replied the proprietor. .'She is an inn
mense favorite, and sell dozens of her
photographs every day. The rush was
so great q few weeks ago l was COM
pletely sold out, and had to telegraph
to London for more. You see [ only
sell the imported pictures. l have now
fifty different styles of photographs of
tho Jersey Lily, ranging in price from
Is cents to $1.2
''Which style sells best?''
''The one in which the Lily is depict
ed in full evening dress has the most
ready sale"
''What classes of pcrsonages are
most in demand in the picture trade?'
1.-The favoritcs Of the stage. There
is strange thing about the sale of pho
tographs. One day some favorite act
ress sells well, then some new face at
tracts attention, and the former is en-
tirely forgotten and her pictures are
laid away on the shelf as dead stock.
The greatest favorite after Langtry is
I -
her pictures daily
lis Patti in demand?'
''Only to limited extent. Neither
Patti nor Nilsson finds q ready sale at
present, although dare say they will
be sought after when they arrive in this
country. Strange as it may seem, Ade-
laide Nelson's picture is still called for.
and am compelled to keep large
stock on hand all the time. Next to
Patti come Lillian Russell and Mary
Anderson, and scarcely q day passes
that do not sell a dozen of each. Ever
since she has been on the stage Mary
Anderson has been in demand Annie
Russell, too, sells we'll, and have, as
you see, q large assortment of her pic
lures. When Mile. Feyghine shot her.
self in Paris had a perfect rush for her
picture. As had none telegraphed
Paris, and here she isl said the mer-
chant, taking out of his case number of
photographs Of the lady in question.
The ladies were wild over her face, and
the first lot went off like hot cakes.''
"Among operate artists Belocca sells
as we'll as any. Signor Del Puente is
also fayorite, and l have sold thou
SOpdS If IS 49,
The beauties of the French stage come
in for share of popular favor, and the
faces Of Judic and Croizette are eager
ly sought AFTER"
'The pictures of what &otor find the
most ready sale?''
"Osmond Torlc, by long odds; why,
every day ladies come in and purchase
his picture. Last season I had all I
could do to supply the demand, and the
sale is still very good. Capoul? No; he
does not sell very rapidly; perhaps he
will after he makes his temperance.
may say right here that Gerster and
Hank are salable; the former is always
in demand"
"How about Modjeska?''
"Not in demand just now, although
she sold well a few years ago. think,
however, that there will soon be good
demand, and I have prepared large
stock. The German actresses do not
sell as we'll as the others. sell very
few pictures Of Gallmeyer, but there is
slight demand for Geisinger's face"
"The older favorites of the stage are
out of date, l prcsume?'
'Not at all. Edwin Booths picture
is in as great demand to-day as it ever
was. The same is true of Barrett.
Lolita always was and is now prime
favorite with the collectors Of pictures,
Rose Coghlan, too, has steady sale.
Oh, no; the old-time favorites are fa-
voritcs still.''
''And Oscar Wilde, do you sell many
photographs of him9'
IA great number, but most of the
purchasers obtain the picture Just to
have good laugh.'
II presume that the photographs of
the beauties Of the stage are purchased
mostly by young gentlemen?''
mo; on the contrary, the majority of
buyers are ladies; and it is comical to
hear them 60 into raptures over the
pictures. Isn't she beautiful is a
very common expression. The gentle
men who purchase are always shy, and
seldom venture an opinion"