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Lot 613

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 11 quarter plate daguerreotypes of family pairs and groups.
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 - 400
Price Realized
$693
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 11 quarter plate daguerreotypes of family pairs and groups.
Landscape-oriented portrait of a mother and her two very similar-looking daughters. The daughters wear matching dresses and short necklaces. (Some tarnishing to edges, occasional spots of chemical discoloration, great clarity overall, spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed in a leatherette case (surface wear, some separation to spine). -- [BOGARDUS, photographer]. Portrait of a mother with 3 daughters. (Heavy tarnishing, some spotting, specks, spotting to mat; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated Bogardus case (split at spine, heavy surface wear). Velvet pad and back cover with Bogardus' imprint. -- Landscape-oriented portrait of a mother, a father, and their son, each with somewhat sour or melancholy expressions. (Scratches to plate mostly along mat opening, occasional spotting to plate and mat, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, internal damage, surface wear). -- And 8 others. Conditions vary. Housings vary. -- Together, 11 quarter plate daguerreotypes of family members.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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