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Lot 649
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
$756
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 37 assorted Union cases.
2 empty half plate Union cases, Geometric [Berg 3-3] (one with light wear, the other with significant chipping, unable to close). -- Quarter plate Union case, Geometric [3-22] (soiling, chipping to upper right corner) containing a daguerreotype of an identified gentleman. -- 4 other quarter plate Union cases, some containing images. -- A Rare double ninth plate Union case, Geometric, [3-50] (light nicking) containing 4 ninth plate images of children. -- 6 rectangular sixth plate Union cases, 2 containing images. -- 5 octagonal sixth plate Union cases, 2 containing images. -- 2 CDV-sized Union cases, one containing image. -- 8 rectangular ninth plate Union cases, 5 containing images. -- 2 octagonal ninth plate Union cases, one containing an image. -- And 6 sixteenth plate Union cases, 5 containing images. -- Together, 37 assorted Union cases, some containing images. Conditions vary, some broken.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock













