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Lot 731
Sale 1047 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Jun 17, 2022
Lots Close
Jun 28, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
400
Price Realized
$250
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of sixth plate post mortem portraits of adults, comprising:
A daguerreotype featuring a man covered up to his neck with fabric, his head resting on a pillow. (Heavy wiping and scratching to plate, with some spotting to image and mat; unsealed.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (general wear). -- An ambrotype of a woman resting against an unknown surface, with her lips parted and a book placed in one hand. (Heavy wear with loss to image and some loss of clarity to subject's face.) Housed in a Union case with scroll design (some surface soiling and chipping). -- Together, 2 sixth plate images.

