Condition Report
Contact Information
Auction Specialist
Lot 256
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& Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents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
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$300 -
400
Price Realized
$563
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of images of subjects with visual impairments, comprising:
Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young man wearing dark eyeglasses, obscuring his eyes. (Tarnishing to edges, wipe marks, spotting, and other imperfections to plate; unsealed.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (surface wear, discoloration and wear to satin pad, some separation to spine). -- Ninth plate ambrotype portrait of a young lady with her eyes crossed. (Minor loss to image along lower edge, spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (surface wear, separation with repair to spine). -- Together, 2 cased images featuring people with visual impairments.

