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Lot #1
quarter plate, half case only, mat stamped "J.P. Ball" and "Cincinnati." A fine image of a well-to-do couple, typical of the work of this master African American daguerreian. Both with half smiles a ...
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Lot #2
anonymous sixth plate, circa 1852. A bird's eye view, taken from a second story window showing a large clapboard building with a sign for "Knight, Spencer & Co." with a huge hand-painted banner depi ...
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Lot #3
anonymous, 3.5 x 4" plate in an embossed leather case. A great studio image, with a solar reflector making a strange mottled "saucer" over the heads of the three sitters. The middle gentleman bears ...
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Lot #4
anonymous, though judging from the case and mat style, likely taken in Philadelphia. A sensitively posed image of a family, the composition reflecting the common "kit-kat" structure used by portrait ...
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Lot #5
renders beautifully a classic pose of a child and his best friend, both probably eager to run outside. The boy wears a plaid dress and his puppy lies on a quilt with a floral design, on a table besid ...
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Lot #6
quarter plate, in original mahogany veneer ogee frame, signed in plate along lower right of octagonal mat "Brady NY 1846." Entire face and eyes tinted, watch chain gilded.
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Lot #7
quarter plate size, uncased in mat and preserver. He sits beside his sixth plate camera (appears to be a sliding box type) holding a plate in his hand with his arm resting on a stack of cases. Rear o ...
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Lot #8
sixth plate size, in full leather case. A fine image of a casually posed fellow wearing a light-colored linen suit and vest. He holds a large straw hat on his knee. Inscribed in recent hand in back ...
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Lot #9
sixth plate size, in full leather case. He proudly displays several large "plough" type planes, the unusual mat making a dramatic frame.
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Lot #10
anonymous, sixth plate size in full leather case. Fine horizontal pose with great lighting, showing a young girl with chest and neck adorned with flowers.
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Lot #11
sixth plate size, in a full pressed paper case. He holds a true accordion, not a concertina, which was a favorite daguerreian prop.
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Lot #12
mounted in a geometric 6th plate dark brown geometric thermoplastic case. Hand-tinted portrait of a lovely young woman, signed on mat.
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Lot #13
anonymous sixth plate. In full, early leather case, with foil-covered paper mat typical of the pioneering era of American daguerreotypy. Soft focus, with face tinted in flesh tones, early 1840's.
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Lot #14
lot of 3, of the same man at different times in his adult life. The living portraits (daguerreotype, ruby ambrotype) show a healthy man with tinted cheeks probably in his twenties and thirties. The ...
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Lot #15
quarter plate size in full leather case, with mat stamped "Carden&Co. 293 B.way." A fine image of this aged (and toothless) veteran, accompanied by period manuscript identification and supplemental h ...
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Lot #16
lot of 3, including a sixth plate leather cased daguerreotype of two little girls that appear to be identical twins; PLUS a ambrotype of a little girl in printed calico dress holding two china head do ...
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Lot #17
quarter plate portrait of a young uniformed Frenchman, mounted in period oval wood frame. Rear inscription "Lucien Boudousquie/en avril 1853/(Lycee Henri IV)". The Lycee Henri IV was and is one of t ...
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Lot #18
The woman, apparently dressed for winter, wears a heavy shawl, a brocade bodice, and holds her hat. A braided lock of her hair is encased in the back. The brass pendant is connected to a double brass ...
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Lot #19
wonderfully composed half plate image of a brick church building with scaffolding surrounding a nearly completed steeple. According to the information supplied by the consignor, this is the Buffalo Pr ...
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Lot #20
unusual architecture for a church, parishioners stand on a bi-lateral staircase leading to the second story front door. A clock can be seen in the unfinished steeple and a wooden fence marks the surr ...
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