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Lot 574

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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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$540
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 20 Sixth plate ambrotypes and tintypes of groups and pairs of people.

Landscape-oriented ambrotype portrait of a group of 11 people, including a baby, driving and riding in a carriage. (Some soiling, abrasions, and loss to image, no preserver; unsealed.) Housed loosely in a half leatherette case. -- Ambrotype studio portrait of a father and daughter. The father wears a full, bushy beard and top hat with plaid pants, and his young daughter wears a coat and hat. (Some abraiding and small areas of loss; unsealed.) Housed in a Union case (misaligned, non-functioning closure). -- Landscape-oriented tintype portrait of 3 women seated together and one man stooping slightly behind them to be included in the portrait. (Spotting, some chemical deterioration; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case. -- 17 other sixth plate ambrotypes and tintypes. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 20 sixth plate ambrotypes and tintypes featuring pairs and groups of people.

19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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