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Lot 577

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
$500 - 700
Price Realized
$953
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 26 sixth plate daguerreotypes of girls and young ladies.

Seated portrait of a smiling young girl wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with tied sleeves and lace gloves. (Surface scratches throughout plate including spots of rubbing and some tarnishing; unsealed.) Housed in a half leatherette case. -- Seated portrait of a young girl wearing a dress with fringed short sleeves and wrist cuffs, her cheeks and lips lightly tinted pink. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting throughout; original seals.) Housed in a leatherette case. -- Seated portrait of a young girl wearing a plain dress and an angry-looking expression. She is seated in a cloth-draped chair in front of a studio pillar. (Tarnishing to edges, some surface scratches and spots; resealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case. -- Seated portrait of a young lady sitting in an ornately carved wooden studio chair and wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with lace sleeves. (Tarnishing to edges, some scratches to edges and minor spots throughout; reglazed and resealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case. -- And 22 others. Some in half or separated cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 26 sixth plate daguerreotypes of girls and young ladies.

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