Sold for $438

3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. tintype portrait of a cowboy posed next to an ornate studio prop fence, wearing a hat and fringed shirt, with a revolver tucked into his fringed pants or chaps. Housed loosely in a ripped paper sleeve with Green's ink stamp on verso and penciled identification "Bert Tulene" on recto. -- 2 3/8 x 3 in. loose tintype portrait of another cowboy posed between the same ornate studio prop and a decorated evergreen tree, wearing a cowboy hat and with a revolver tucked into his fringed pants or chaps. Accompanied by an 2 x 2 3/4 in. clipped piece of paper (likely the remainder of a paper sleeve) bearing Green's ink stamp, not attached to tintype.  -- Together, 2 studio tintypes of men dressed as cowboys. Conditions fair, with some darkening and surface blemishes throughout.

John Green appears first in Denver's 1885 city directory as a "col'd photographer" located at the corner of Blake and 18th Street. His establishment moved locations a few times, but he remained working as a photographer in the city for nearly 40 years. His tintypes are regularly housed in paper sleeves bearing his ink stamp.