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Lot 630
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$441
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 8 likely European daguerreotype portraits of groups in passe partout mounts.
2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (visible) portrait of 3 young women, one holding a book open on her lap. (Some minor tarnishing to edges, spotting, some residue to glass.) Housed in a passe partout mount that is unsealed and loose. -- 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (visible) portrait of a couple, the mustachioed man holding the hand and shoulder of his wife, who appears forlorn or mentally unwell. (Significant tarnishing to edges, other imperfections to plate including small scratches and some clouding.) Housed in a passe partout mount that has been resealed. -- 2 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (visible) portrait of a woman posed with her head slightly leaning to the side, with the almost imperceptible face of a man with a mustache above her. (Heavy tarnishing and chemical deterioration throughout plate.) Housed in a passe partout mount. -- And 5 others, ranging in size from2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. to 2 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (visible), housed in passe partout mounts. Conditions vary. -- Together, 8 European daguerreotype portraits of groups of people.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock




