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Lot 261

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Estimate
$300 - 500
Price Realized
$469
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Lot Description

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of daguerreotypes featuring men with panache, comprising:


Sixth plate portrait of a debonair gentleman with coiffed hair, appearing to point or make a "finger gun" signal to the camera. (tarnishing to edges, some spotting, splotching, and wipe marks to plate; retains portions of original seals.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (surface wear, loss). -- Ninth plate portrait of a gentleman with sideburns, holding a cigar and dreamily gazing off camera. (Significant tarnishing to edges, spotting; retains most of original seals.) housed in a full pressed paper case (some separation to spine, surface wear, loss). -- Together, 2 daguerreotype portraits of stylish and confident men. 

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