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Lot 255
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$250
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of portraits featuring subjects wearing medical devices, comprising:
Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait featuring an older woman with her hand wrapped in a bandage. (Some splotching and specs to plate, tarnishing to edges, spotting to mat; partially resealed.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (surface wear). -- Ninth plate tintype portrait of a young man wearing a shoulder harness, seemingly purposed to keep weight and pressure off of the affected shoulder. (Light tarnishing and spotting; unsealed.) Housed in a full push-button case (surface wear). -- Together, 2 cased images featuring people wearing medical tools or devices.

