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Lot 614

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 16 quarter plate land-scape oriented daguerreotype portraits of couples. 
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
$504
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 16 quarter plate land-scape oriented daguerreotype portraits of couples. 
Portrait of a rather portly couple, the man holding a walking stick and having long hair, the woman wearing a bonnet. (Plate with upper central raised abrasion, heavy wipes to the side of the wife's head, tarnishing to edges; unsealed.) Housed in a half leatherette case (heavy damage, loss, separation). -- Portrait of an elderly couple, the woman holding a book in her lap and the man wearing spectacles. (Heavy tarnishing to edges, spotting throughout; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated leatherette case (split at spine, heavy surface wear/loss). -- Portrait of an older couple, the woman wearing a bonnet and holding a small but thick book or album, the man having untidy hair and wearing a stern expression. (Few raised dents or dings to upper portion, some wipe marks throughout; resealed.) Housed under mat, glass, and preserver only, no case. -- And 13 others. Conditions vary. Housings vary. -- Together, 16 quarter plate daguerreotypes presenting landscape-oriented portraits of couples. 
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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