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Lot 208
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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$400 -
600
Price Realized
$671
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 33 sixth plate daguerreotypes of men, incl. example by HALE.
Seated portrait of an austere young gentleman with long hair, holding a walking stick in one hand and resting the other arm on a table covered with a checkered cloth. (Minor imperfections to plate, minor spotting to mat, no preserver present.) Housed in a pressed paper case (surface wear and some splitting, fading to satin pad). -- Bust portrait of a thickly bearded gentleman. (Tarnishing to edges, some spotting and other imperfections throughout, light spotting to mat.) Mat stamped "HALE." Housed in a pressed paper case (light wear). -- Bust portrait of an elderly gentleman with somewhat untidy hair. (Some minor tarnishing to edges, some spotting, spotting to mat.) Housed in a pressed paper case (surface wear, fading to velvet pad). Paper manufacturer's label on glass for "ANTHONY, CLARK & CO." -- And 30 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 33 sixth plate daguerreotypes.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
This lot is located in Cincinnati.








