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Lot 901
Sale 1096 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2022
Lots Close
Nov 21, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
300
Price Realized
$500
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 12 daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes of couples housed in 8 cases, including some Union cases.
A pair of quarter plate ambrotypes, one of a man and one of a woman, likely husband and wife. (Both image rather clear, with heavy oxidation to mats and preservers.) Housed together in a gilt case (some separation to spine). -- A quarter plate daguerreotype of a middle-aged couple seated together. (Clouding to cover glass; cleaned and resealed 1994.) Housed in a half case. -- A pair of ninth plate portraits, one ambrotype and one tintype, of a woman and a man, respectively. (Slight darkening; both unsealed.) Housed together in a Scarce double ninth plate Union case, A Family Party [1-49] (chipping to edges, soiling). -- And 7 other images, including one quarter plate ambrotype, one sixth plate daguerreotype, and 5 tintypes of various sizes. 3 Union cases included. -- Together, 12 cased images of couples.





