1 / 3
Click To Zoom

Condition Report

Contact Information

Auction Specialist

Lot 553

Sale 1345 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online
Lots Open
Jun 19, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$826
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 10 daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of parents and/or grandparents with children.

Half plate ambrotype studio portrait of a mother and father holding their two young girls on their laps. The father and the girl he is holding re smiling for the camera. (Some areas of soft focus due to movement, occasional imperfections, spotting to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a leatherette case. -- Likely European quarter plate ambrotype of a mother with three children. (Some wear/deterioration to emulsion/lacquer; sealed.) Housed in a passe partout mount and placed in a fully separated leatherette case. -- Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a mother and two children. (Few occasional spots/imperfections; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case. -- And 7 other sixth plate daguerreotypes. Some in half or separated cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 10 cased images of parents and grandparents with children.

Condition Report

Contact Information

Auction Specialist

Search