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Lot 226

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
$183
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARY PHOTORAPHY]. Trio of Cincinnati CDVs incl. one by Ball & Thomas.

Half portrait of a seated man with a full beard. Cincinnati, OH: Ball & Thomas' Photographic Art Gallery, ca 1863 (minor toning to print, some soiling and wear to mount including clipped corners). Ball & Thomas' imprint on verso along with period ink inscription reading, "J A Magguin[?], May 1863 / Cincinnati, Ohio." -- Family studio portrait featuring a young mother, father, and their baby, seated before a backdrop painting to look like the outdoors. Cincinnati, OH: Mrs. C. Waldack's Photographic Studio, n.d (toning, soiling, and spotting to print, soiling and wear to mount). Mrs. Waldack's imprint on verso along with varied pencil inscriptions. -- Portrait of a woman standing next to a fine wooden chair with upholstered seat. Cincinnati, OH: Rankin's Carte De Visite Rooms, n.d (some soiling to print, with soiling and wear to mount including clipped corners). -- Together, 3 CDVs by Cincinnati photographers.

[With:] Real photo postcard featuring a basketball player in uniform, posed with a silver trophy at his feet. Cincinnati, OH: Maly's, n.d (toning and soiling).

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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