[MINING - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a likely California gent holding a Colt "Baby Dragoon" and wearing a gold nugget stickpin.
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$800 -
$1,000
Sold for $4,410
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MINING - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a likely California gent holding a Colt "Baby Dragoon" and wearing a gold nugget stickpin.
Seated portrait of a man with thick beard and mustache, wearing what appears to be a stick pin made form a gold nugget and holding a rare M1848 Colt "Baby Dragoon" pistol with long barrel against the table next to him. (Minor tarnishing and scratching to plate along mat opening, few spots; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine). Penciled inscription in case behind image reads, "Received April 27th 1855 / Will Died April 9, 1859 at Rh[inebeck?] NY."
Colt's new diminutive pocket pistol went into production sometime in 1847, appearing on the scene just in time to be purchased and taken by many prospectors seeking to hit it rich in the California gold fields.
Colt's new diminutive pocket pistol went into production sometime in 1847, appearing on the scene just in time to be purchased and taken by many prospectors seeking to hit it rich in the California gold fields.
Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon
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