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Lot 93
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
400
Price Realized
$469
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - UNION CASES]. A group of 6 assorted red "oreo" union cases, highlighted by very very rare floral example, including:
Very Very Rare floral example, Grape Bunches [Berg 2-123a]; Unique geometric example with zinc disk applied at center [3-541a]; Very Very Rare geometric example [3-534a] (heavy soiling, loss to rim); and 3 Rare geometric examples including [3-499a] (heavy soiling), [3-518Ma], and [3-501Ga] (heavy damage, loss, does not close).
Cases contain 4 tintypes of young men and women including a possible soldier.
Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography