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Lot 642
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 -
400
Price Realized
$693
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 6 double Union cases, incl. Two Lovers Going to the Well.
Double ninth plate, triple sixteenth plate Union case Two Lovers Going to the Well [Berg 1-16], classified as "Very Rare" by Berg. The case contains 2 ninth plate images, including an ambrotype of a young man and a tintype of a gentleman, possibly his father, and 3 sixteenth plate tintypes of younger children.
3 double ninth plate Union cases, including: Children Playing with Toys [Berg 1-48] containing 2 ninth plate ambrotypes, including a ruby ambrotype showing a young boy. -- 2 Union cases with floral motifs, each containing 2 ninth plate ambrotypes of men and women.
2 double sixteenth plate Union cases, including: Wildflowers [Berg 2-107] containing 2 sixteenth plate tintypes of a woman and young child. -- Catching Butterflies [Berg 1-166] classified as "Very Rare" by Berg. The case contains a sixteenth plate ambrotype of a young man and tintype of a young girl, with inked note identifying the subjects behind one of the images.
Together, 6 double Union cases in generally good condition, containing tintypes and ambrotypes in fair to very good condition overall.




