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Lot 79
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$1,625
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. A Daguerreian wall frame containing 18 uncredited sixth plate daguerreotype portraits of men, women, and children, including:
A seated portrait of a gentleman wearing a large top hat (tarnishing to edges and spotting throughout). -- A seated portrait of a lovely woman holding a closed fan (tarnishing to edges, damage to right side of plate). -- A portrait featuring a beautiful young woman sitting next to a standing young boy posed with his arm resting on the woman's shoulder (heavy wiping to plate, spotting to mat). -- And 15 others, all housed in 14 3/4 x 27 in., all n.p.: n.p., n.d., wooden frame conditions vary, all unexamined out of the frame.
Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography
