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Lot 121

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
$549
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 21 sixth plate daguerreotypes of children.

Portrait of a young boy standing next to a table surmounted by a thin decorative vase filled with flowers. (Some tarnishing to edges, spotting, clouding to plate.) Housed in a half leatherette case (surface wear). Brass mat stamped "ATKINS." -- A pair of images, one of a boy and one of a girl, dressed in a sophisticated manner. (Minor tarnishing and some spotting/wipes to both.) Housed side-by-side in the same leatherette case (surface wear). -- Seated portrait (possibly smaller than sixth plate) of a young girl sitting next to a table with a large volume upon it. Her dress is ever-so-slightly tinted pink. (Minor tarnishing, some spotting throughout.) Housed in half of a sixth plate leatherette case (surface wear). -- And 17 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 21 sixth plate (or smaller) daguerreotype portraits of male and female children.

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

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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