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Lot 193

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
$549
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 20 sixth plate daguerreotype portraits of couples.

Seated portrait of a young couple, the man having interestingly pointed sideburns, both wearing gold-highlighted accessories. (Significant weeping and some tarnishing, heavy oxidation spotting to mat; original seals.) Mat with applied label reading "Keely, 332 N. Second St. Phila." Housed in a pressed paper case (separation to spine, surface wear throughout). -- Lovely portrait of a young couple, the man having a beard and longer hairstyle, the woman wearing a brooch and two rings that have been embellished to sparkle on the plate. (Some tarnishing, some clouding, spotting to mat; original seals.) Housed in a pressed paper case (wear and some separation to spine, surface wear). -- And 18 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary.

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

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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