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Lot 99
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$438
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - UNION CASES]. Collection of 12 "oreo" union cases containing portraits of men and women, including:
Very Very Rare geometric example with remnants of orange enamel [Berg 3-552E]; Very Rare geometric example with zinc disk applied at center [3-541]; 7 Rare geometric examples including one triple thick example [3-3-497, 503Gt3, (2) 3-533, 3-534, 3-535, 3-545, 3-553]; 2 Scarce geometric examples [3-527, 3-534]; and one unknown example [interior referred to in Berg as 3-632].
[With:] 4 additional pieces including 2 bottom and 2 top halves of "oreo" cases.
Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography