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Lot 986
Sale 961 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$150 -
300
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - OCCUPATIONAL]. Quarter plate tintype featuring 3 tradesmen.
Quarter plate tintype of a trio of men holding tools of their trade. (Surface scratching and some spotting and crackling to plate; unsealed, with no glass or preserver.) Housed in a full pressed paper case with adhesive repair to spine).
The two seated subjects appear to be measuring a long tube, while the man standing in the back holds an object and looks into the camera.
[With:] Ninth plate tintype of a bearded man wearing a coat and staring directly into the camera. (Scratches and creases to plate, affecting portrait.) Housed in a full geometric union case [Berg 3-322] (surface soiling throughout and chipping to edges and corners).
