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Lot 107
Sale 6356 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Jun 18, 2025
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
400
Price Realized
$549
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 18 sixth plate daguerreotypes of adolescent males and females.
Seated portrait of a smartly-dressed young man appearing to have a unibrow and resting his arm on a book atop the table next to him. (Some weeping to glass and other minor imperfections, spotting to mat.) Housed in a Union case with non-functioning closure (surface soil, wear). -- Bust portrait of a young man with long, combed over hair and full lips. (Significant tarnishing to edges, some spotting.) Housed in a half Union case (losses). -- And 16 others. Some entirely loose plates, without any housings. Conditions vary. -- Together, 18 sixth plate daguerreotypes featuring adolescents.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock



