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Lot 82

Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021 10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 - 400
Price Realized
$281
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. A group of 10 cased images of men with notable facial hair, including:


Half plate daguerreotype portrait of a man with a wry smile. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting throughout, with oxidation to mat, no preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a leatherette case (fully separated at spine, heavy wear to satin pad, general wear throughout). -- A ninth plate daguerreotype close-cropped bust portrait of a man with long hair. New York: Holmes, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, with clouding and wiping around subject, and spotting to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (finish loss throughout). -- A sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a haughty-looking gentleman surrounded by a border created in the daguerreotype. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Tarnishing to lower half of image, with spotting to mat and preserver; original seals intact.) Housed in a pressed paper case (fully separated at spine, with general wear throughout). -- 2 sixth plate daguerreotype portraits of African American subjects. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, some spotting to images, mats, and preservers; unsealed and resealed.) Housed in pressed paper cases, one full, one half (general wear with finish loss throughout, full case with significant chunk of loss). -- And 5 others, including 2 quarter plate daguerreotypes, one sixth plate daguerreotype, one sixth plate ambrotype, and one ninth plate daguerreotype. Conditions vary. 


Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography

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