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Lot 142
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
$1,037
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 21 assorted Union cases, some containing images.
Including: Half plate figural example, American Country Life 2 [Berg 1-12] containing a tintype portrait of a woman (misalignment making opening case very difficult, heavy chipping, mottling to case surface). -- Double sixth plate figural example, Mother Embracing Child 2 [1-14] containing a daguerreotype portrait of a mustached man (soiling, nicking, loose closure to case). -- Quarter plate figural example, Capture of Major Andre [1-22] containing a daguerreotype portrait of a lovely woman (discoloration and loose closure to case). -- A sixth plate figural example, Rebekah at the Well [1-85] containing a daguerreotype portrait of an adorable young boy wearing a plaid belted jacket and standing next to a beautifully tinted clothed table (some repair to case). -- A sixth plate figural example, Hunter with Kill [1-94] containing a tintype portrait featuring two young children, one seated on the lap of the mother or a nanny, who is seated sideways and partly out of the scope of the lens (soiling, nicking, and loose closure to case). -- A sixth plate figural example, Lady with Falcon 2 [1-113] containing a daguerreotype portrait of a lovely woman wearing a hat with large ribbons and holding something indiscernible in her hand (light soiling and some nicking to case). -- And 15 others, including 7 sixth plate figural examples, 2 ninth plate figural examples, 4 ninth plate geometric/scroll examples, and 2 ninth plate all metal frame examples, The Garden Fountain [6-144] (one fully separated at spine with possible loss and possible unmatching sides. -- Together, 21 assorted Union cases. Some containing images. Conditions vary.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
This lot is located in Cincinnati.




