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Lot 631
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
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$567
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 17 likely European daguerreotypes of women housed in passe partout mounts.
2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (visible) portrait of a woman wearing a bonnet with pink-tinted ribbons and a blue-tinted plaid dress. (Significant tarnishing to edges, some residue and clouding to glass.) Housed in a passe partout mount with hanging fob to verso. -- 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (visible) portrait of a middle-aged woman wearing a bonnet with blue-tinted ribbons and a blue-tinted plaid dress. She holds a book in her lap with both hands. (Heavy tarnishing and chemical spotting/discoloration throughout.) Housed in a passe partout mount with printed French paper label on verso. -- 2 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (visible) portrait of a possibly mixed-race, full-faced woman wearing gold-highlighted earrings and holding a book in her lap. (Tarnishing to edges, clouding, surface imperfections, a bit faded.) Housed in a passe partout mount. -- And 14 others, ranging in size from approx. 2 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (visible) to 2 x 2 1/2 in. (visible), housed in passe partout mounts. Conditions vary. -- Together, 17 European-style daguerreotypes of women.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
This lot is located in Cincinnati.





