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Lot 590

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
$699
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 6 Union cases, many containing portraits, incl. Capture of Major Andre


Ninth plate peek-a-boo Union case [Berg 3-237] containing ruby ambrotype of a toddler-aged girl, with 3-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso (some light wear to case). -- Sixth plate gilt polychromatic Moroccan case [Berg 5-14G] containing daguerreotype of a painting of a male subject (some light scuffing to case; scattered spotting to plate). -- Half plate Union case, Lovers Going to the Well [Berg 1-16] containing 5 tintypes, including 2 ninth plate images of a mother and father and 3 sixteenth plate images of children (edge and corner wear to case; spotting to plate showing father, image of mother dark). -- Quarter plate Union case, Lady & a Falcon [Berg 1-36] containing 2 daguerreotypes of a man and woman, presumably husband and wife. -- Quarter plate Union case with cameo on cover [Berg 3-20C1] containing opalotype portrait of a gentleman (surface, edge and corner wear to case, including some chipping to edges and corners; surface wear to cameo). -- Quarter plate Union case, Capture of Major Andre [Berg 1-23], no image enclosed (some light edge/corner wear including slight chipping to corners).

Together, 6 Union cases.

Sally Anyan, The Daguerreian Society Past President

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