Lot 604
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 5 cased images featuring people with interesting objects and accessories.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
Price Realized
$347
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 5 cased images featuring people with interesting objects and accessories.
Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a charming young boy sitting in a chair and holding an apple in his lap. (Tarnishing around edge, some discoloration/streaking, few stray scratches; resealed.) Housed in a leatherette case. -- Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young lady holding a gold-highlighted pen to a book of some sort in her lap. (Tarnishing around edge, else good.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine). -- Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a bearded young man wearing a smile and a snake belt buckle. A small key visibly hangs from the man's belt. (Tarnishing to edges, large splotches in upper half of image, spotting throughout; resealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case. -- And 2 others, including one sixth plate daguerreotype and one quarter plate tintype housed in a Union case. -- Together, 5 cased images of people posed with interesting objects and accessories.
Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon
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