[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 daguerreotypes featuring groups of 5 or more people, incl. a fine half plate example by COLLINS.
Sale 1344 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
May 31, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
Price Realized
$603
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 daguerreotypes featuring groups of 5 or more people, incl. a fine half plate example by COLLINS.
Half plate portrait of 7 men and women, posed together with affection and personality (tarnishing to edges, two pinpoints on plate). Mat stamped "Collins Artist." Housed in a full case. -- Sixth plate portrait of a family seated together including an elderly woman wearing a bonnet and glasses (tarnishing to edges, spotting and blotching to plate, some other imperfections). Housed in a full case. -- And 2 other sixth plate daguerreotypes featuring groups of 5 people. Conditions vary. -- Together, 4 daguerreotype portraits of groups of people.
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