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Lot 272
Sale 1344 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
May 31, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,905
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. [BABBIT, Platt D. (1823-1879), attributed]. Whole plate ambrotype featuring two men surveying Niagara Falls from Prospect Point. Ca 1850s.
Breathtaking portrait of two well-dressed gentlemen in hats, one holding a walking stick in one hand and gesturing toward the falls with the other. Terrapin Tower is visible to the left. (Minor imperfections to plate, significant spotting and oxidation to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (repair to spine).
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
