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Lot 72

Sale 2070 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana
Lots Open
Feb 14, 2025
Lots Close
Feb 27, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 - 400
Price Realized
$120
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tintype plate featuring 4 uncut portraits of an African American man.

3 1/4 x 4 3/16 in. tintype plate featuring 4 uncut ninth plate portraits of an African American man (spotting and surface wear to plate, significant rusting/flaking to edges, with a few holes rusted into right edge). This uncut plate is a rare surviving piece of evidence of the process of making multiple exposures on a single sheet and then cutting them into individual images.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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