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Lot 633

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
$693
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 30 ninth plate daguerreotype portraits of women of varying ages.

Seated portrait of a woman wearing a pink-tinted bonnet and grasping a cylindrical object in her hand, possibly a knitting needle with yarn. (Tarnishing along edge, spotting throughout; original seals.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, surface wear). -- Seated portrait of a young woman wearing an interesting beaded necklace and holding a book upright on her lap. (Heavy tarnishing surrounding subject, spotting throughout; unsealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (surface wear). -- Seated portrait of a young lady with her hair curled and pulled back on both sides of her head, wearing a poncho or overcoat of some kind. (Tarnishing along edge, spotting; original seals.) Housed in a Union case with floral design (light wear). -- And 27 others. Conditions vary. -- Together, 30 ninth plate daguerreotype portraits of women. 

19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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