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Lot 188

Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$1,159
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 19 pairs of sixth plate daguerreotype portraits of couples, 38 images in total.

A pair of portraits featuring an older, full-figured couple, the man wearing a large top hat and the woman wearing a floral bonnet and holding a pair of spectacles in one hand. (Few imperfections, minor tarnishing, else very clear.) Housed together in a Union case with scroll design (some nicking/minor chipping, soiling). -- A pair of portraits of a middle-aged couple, the woman holding a fine woven lidded basket with handles in her lap. (Some significant tarnishing and other spotting/imperfections, some spotting to mats.) Housed together in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, significant surface wear, discoloration, and spots of loss). -- And 17 other pairs. Many in fully separated cases, a few housed in Union cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 19 pairs of sixth plate daguerreotypes.

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

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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