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Lot 90
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
400
Price Realized
$250
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - UNION CASES]. A Very Rare geometric "double oreo" case containing tintype portraits of a man and woman [Berg 3-451/3-452].
Bust portrait of freckle-faced young man (tarnishing around edges) is paired in case with bust portrait of a young woman with bows in her hair. N.p.: N.p., n.d. (heavy tarnishing and discoloration around subject). Case with light nicks and scratches around edges and to raised surfaces.
Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography