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Lot 190

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
$300 - 500
Price Realized
$488
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 20 sixth plate daguerreotypes of balding men or men with receding hairlines.

Bust portrait of an older gentleman with a fairly stark widow's peak, his hair slicked forward. (Significant tarnishing to edges and spotting/specks throughout; original seal over entire back of image.) Mat stamped, "POLLOCK / BALTO." Housed in a leatherette case (surface wear). -- Possibly European half portrait of a middle-aged man dressed finely, with longer hair on the sides of his head. (Tarnishing to edges, some chemical discoloration and minor other imperfections, no preserver present.) Housed in a maroon leatherette case (some surface wear and separation to spine). -- Possibly European seated portrait of a bearded man wearing a hand-tinted checkered waistcoat. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting throughout, no preserver present.) Housed in a maroon leatherette case (surface wear, some wear to spine, some discoloration/wear to satin pad). -- And 17 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 20 sixth plate daguerreotypes.

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

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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