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Lot 560
Sale 1345 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online
Lots Open
Jun 19, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$300 -
500
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$572
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 7 daguerreotypes of folk art portraits of men and women.
Sixth plate daguerreotype featuring a folk art portrait of a woman wearing a fancy bonnet. (Spotting, weeping, non-matching preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a fully separated leatherette case with velvet pad stamped for "R. C. MONTGOMERY OF VIRGINIA." -- Sixth plate daguerreotype featuring a folk art portrait of a man in profile. (Tarnishing to edges, clouding throughout, spotting to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a leatherette case (some separation to spine). -- And 5 others, including a quarter plate example, 3 sixth plate examples, and one sixth or ninth plate example matted to approx. 1 x 1 1/4 in. Some without full cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 7 daguerreotypes of painted portraits of men and women.
Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

