Lot 843: * Dean (James, 1931-55). Three vintage gelatin

* Dean (James, 1931-55). Three vintage gelatin silver exhibition blow up prints of James Dean by Sandford H. Roth (1906-1962), c. 1956, all scenes from the film Giant, each approx. 34 x 23cm or similar, mounted on separate boards with signature (?) of the photographer in capitals on mount beneath images, a few minor surface marks and one small split to upper margin of one photograph showing James Dean with cowboy hat and lasso, mounts a little marked and one spotted and slightly damp stained, photographer's copyright wetstamp to verso of all three boards . Roth was a personal friend of James Dean whom he had met on the set of Giant. Dean treated Sandy and his wife Beulah as adoptive parents and poignantly, Sandford Roth was in the car behind James Dean when he died in the tragic car accident. He took the famous post-accident photographs, but out of respect for his friends and family he destroyed the negatives of Dean. (3)