1 / 6
Click To Zoom

Condition Report

Contact Information

Auction Specialist

Lot 198

Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$1,586
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 25 sixth plate daguerreotypes of young women, some posed with books and other objects.

Seated portrait of a young lady wearing a blue-tinted dress and gold-highlighted jewelry. Her two front teeth are visible behind her slightly parted lips. (Tarnishing along edge, some spots and few scratches to plate.) Housed in a fully separated leatherette case (split at spine, surface wear). -- Seated portrait of a young woman wearing a dark coat, leather gloves, and hat with wide, long ribbon. (Significant tarnishing to edges and some chemical spotting throughout; mat with oxidation spotting.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, surface wear). -- Crisp image of a young lady wearing hoop earrings and with a small book on the tinted tablecloth covering the table next to her. (Some tarnish spots to left portion of image, mat with oxidation spotting.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, surface wear). -- And 22 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 25 sixth plate daguerreotypes.

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

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition Report

Contact Information

Auction Specialist

Search