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Lot 120

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
$300 - 500
Price Realized
$488
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 20 sixth plate daguerreotypes of men with stern, serious, or striking expressions.

Seated portrait of a young to middle aged man wearing a double-breasted waistcoat, holding what appears to be a handkerchief in one hand, and looking directly into the camera with a hypnotizing expression. (Tarnishing, spotting, some scratches to edges of plate.) Housed in a pressed paper case (general wear, splitting to spine). -- Seated portrait of a gentleman with notable sideburns and a square jaw, wearing a plaid waistcoat and gazing icily toward the camera. (Some clouding and few other imperfections to plate.) Housed in a half leatherette case (surface wear). -- And 18 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 20 sixth plate daguerreotypes of men of various ages, sporting serious, severe, brooding, and haughty expressions.

19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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