[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a jewelry salesman displaying his wares.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,000
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a jewelry salesman displaying his wares.
Sixth plate seated portrait of a whimsically dressed man wearing a hat, large necktie, and patterned pants, holding a tray of gold-highlighted jewelry on his lap. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting to plate, some areas of emulsion wear; unsealed.) Housed in a full book-style case (surface wear, loss). Subject sits next to an opened case full of more gold-highlighted jewelry, including pairs of earrings.
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