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Lot 610

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 8 cased images of men and women.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 - 500
Price Realized
$378
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 8 cased images of men and women.
Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a couple, the man wearing a checkered shirt and a hat, the woman wears a bonnet and lace fingerless gloves. (Significant tarnishing along edges, scratching and spotting to plate, some loss of clarity; unsealed but with remnants of original seals.) Housed in a Union case. -- Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young woman holding flowers in one hand. (Minor imperfections to plate, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a leatherette case. -- Ninth plate tintype portrait of a young African American male subject. (Some surface flaking and other minor imperfections; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case. -- And 5 others, including 2 sixth plate daguerreotypes, one sixth plate ambrotype (significant loss, damage), one ninth plate ambrotype, and one sixteenth plate ambrotype. Conditions vary. -- Together, 8 cased images of men and women.
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