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Lot 593

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
$1,397
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 26 assorted cases including Union, velvet, mother-of-pearl, etc.

Includes: Very Rare double ninth plate, triple sixteenth plate Union case, Two Lovers Going to the Well [Berg 1-16] containing 5 images including possibly Asian or mixed race subjects (chipping, soiling). -- One Very Rare, empty quarter plate Union case, Lyre in Wide Portal 1 [1-44] (some nicking, interior damage). -- One Scarce, empty quarter plate Union Case, The Dance 2 [1-189] (some soiling, nicking). -- And 13 other Union cases including 8 sixth plate examples, 3 ninth plate examples, one double sixteenth plate example, and one sixteenth plate example. Some containing images. Conditions vary. -- 4 ninth plate oval push-button cases with velvet, some with mother-of-pearl, and one with hand-painting. -- One sixth plate oval push-button wooden case containing a milk glass portrait. -- One empty sixth plate green velvet case (front cover fully separated, heavy wear/loss to velvet). -- 2 empty sixth plate leatherette cases including one with velvet pad and mat stamped for J. H. WHITEHURST. -- And one ninth plate metal case (fully separated at spine). -- Together 26 assorted cases. Conditions and contents vary.

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

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