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Lot 205
Sale 1069 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Aug 19, 2022
Lots Close
Aug 30, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$406
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. GURNEY, Jeremiah, photographer. Three half plate daguerreotype portraits by Gurney, New York, comprising:
Portrait of two women, likely sisters, one seated and one standing. (Clouding to image, light tarnishing to edges, oxidation spots to mat; retains original seals.) Housed in a half case. -- Seated portrait of a gentleman wearing a gold-highlighted ring on his pinkie finger and other accessories. (Significant spot of deterioration/clouding to image on subject's torso, light tarnishing to edges, significant oxidation spots to mat; resealed 1991.) Housed in a full case. -- Seated portrait of an older woman wearing a bonnet. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting to mat; retains original seals.) Housed in a half case. -- Together, 3 half plate daguerreotypes with mats stamped with Gurney's 349 Broadway address.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock


