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Photographs as Art and History
11:00 AM PT - Apr 19th, 2007

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Be-Hold

78 Rockland Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10705

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Lot	Description	Estimates (USD)
1	Lovely vignette 1/6 plate daguerreotype. 1/6 plate daguerreotype in an oval mat. The cross legitimize...	240 - 300	2 Bids
2	Lady, tinted flowers irridescent background Dag The woman is bathed in clear light. Her rings and brooch are...	440 - 550	1 Bid
3	Fabulous profile daguerreotype The man looks down slightly. 1/6 plate daguerreotype re-seal...	400 - 600	2 Bids
4	Sisters hold daguerreotype of mother. The one at left holds a tall vertical case, just slightly op...	240 - 300
5	Moody woman in blue holds case. 1/4 daguerreotype ¼ plate daguerreotype is sealed in original seals to a stipp...	400 - 500	1 Bid
6	Boy with daguerreotype viewer. The boy, possibly the daguerreotypist's son, holds a case wi...	1,700 - 2,300
7	Burly gent, daguerreotype by Pratt, Richmond Va. This prosperous person has an interesting sideways look. Ric...	600 - 700
8	Cincinnati gent, daguerreotype by T. Faris Portrait of a man turned slightly. There's a shiny collar on...	220 - 300
9	Daguerreotype by great Gabriel Harrison, Brooklyn 1/6 plate daguerreotype of a gentleman with ample hair, slig...	340 - 400	2 Bids
10	Young woman with parrot, Louisville. Ambrotype She's rather dressed up with a brooch, bracelet and ring gil...	360 - 500
11	Haughty Lad, Norwich Connecticut 1/4 daguerreotype He reclines at the side of sofa, leaning his arm on a table....	460 - 550	2 Bids
12	Woman with newspaper, sewing basket. Daguerreotype 1/6 plate daguerreotype, sealed with original seals. A few s...	150 - 240
13	Fine tinted woman child in her lap 1/4 ambrotype ¼ plate ambrotype in decorated oval mat. The woman seems som...	150 - 240	1 Bid
14	Pair of Classy Dames, 1/4 Relievo ambrotype A wonderful example of this process, in which the backing ha...	280 - 400	1 Bid
15	Gents celebrating a deal & friendship Daguerreotype This ¼ plate daguerreotype is in part a "friendship" image, ...	1,300 - 1,500
16	Unusual ambrotype arrangement California pioneers. A slip behind indicates this is the Parlier family, after wh...	2,200 - 3,000
17	Artistic daguerreotype, vivid scene with house. Of the numerous daguerreian portraits, only a few attain tru...	5,000 - 7,500
18	Painterly scene, ambrotype on ruby glass. A classic scene looking down a road at a farm. The rosy clou...	340 - 500	1 Bid
19	Machine in workshop unusual 1/4 plate daguerreotype There is a heavy stand, with wheels inside it. Something is ...	600 - 1,000
20	10 Important Melainotypes Greek Art The tintype was patented in 1856 by Peter Neff, who had been...	1,000 - 1,500
21	Cigar-smoking salesman with baskets daguerreotype It has been suggested that chickens were kept in baskets lik...	1,200 - 1,500
22	Yale University Rowing Crew, 1854, daguerreotype This ½ plate daguerreotype, sealed with original seals to a ...	20,000 - 24,000	1 Bid
23	Medical lecture, Abington Illinois 1857 ambrotype ¼ plate ambrotype. The professor is a small figure behind a ...	4,500 - 5,000
24	Medical graduate with diploma 1858 ambrotype A bearded gentleman holds a symbolic diploma that clearly re...	900 - 1,200	2 Bids
25	Dissection, CDV-size tintype A man in a white laboratory coat holds the skeleton of an ar...	220 - 300	4 Bids
26	Symbolic still life tintype, mortality emblems Arranged on a cloth-covered table are a clock, a bell, a bib...	440 - 500
27	Waiting for death, moving pre-mortem daguerreotype A direct portrait of a pale woman reclining on a bed. She lo...	750 - 1,200
28	Eerie post-mortem in bedroom, daguerreotype At left is the bedpost and what seems to be the bedroom wind...	750 - 1,200	5 Bids
29	Post mortem daguerreotype of a serene baby The child seems serene with delicately tinted face and flowe...	750 - 1,200
30	Moody portrait of an author, 1/4 plate ambrotype This person is very familiar but I just can't place him now....	180 - 300
31	Early ambrotype, gent with strap over shoulder This ¼ plate ambrotype appears to be an early example. The p...	240 - 300
32	Boot-maker works in his shop, ambrotype He has a boot with its sole facing up on his apron-covered l...	220 - 320
33	C.W. Soldier, two flags tinted, 1/6 plate tintype Details are neatly gilded. There is a flag draped at his sid...	240 - 300	3 Bids
34	Nautical fellow with pipe, Heywood ambrotype 1/9 plate ambrotype by Heywood, 228 Washington St. Boston. ...	80 - 140	9 Bids
35	Stereoscopic ambrotype , seated gentleman I had originally presented this as a stereodaguerreotype, be...	140 - 220	2 Bids
36	Super Mascher stereo ambrotype, Rehn A girl stands on a chair beside her father, holding an open ...	1,200 - 1,500	1 Bid
37	John Stull Viewing Case with daguerreotype This very rare case was patented in Philadelphia just a few ...	3,700 - 4,500	2 Bids
38	Capitol in DC before dome, glass stereo view Glass stereo view by Franklin White, Lancaster N.H. Gilded 1...	500 - 750	2 Bids
39	Babbitt glass stereo view Niagara rope ascension Glass stereo view by Platt D. Babbitt with gilded title "Sig...	260 - 360
40	2 NYC Street Urchins, pair of CDV's These kids with dirty bare feet have been peddling papers. I...	240 - 300	9 Bids
41	Northfield MN Jesse James bank robbery site, early A corner view of the block containing, at the rear of its le...	100 - 200	16 Bids
42	Bob Younger, Jesse James Gang One of the Younger brothers captured in the raid. 3 ½" x 2 ¼...	750 - 1,000	7 Bids
43	Jim Younger, Jesse James Gang Another of the Younger brothers of the Jesse James gang capt...	750 - 1,000	10 Bids
44	Bill Styles, Jesse James Gang This was the alias of William Chadwell, one of the Jesse Jam...	750 - 1,000	1 Bid
45	Styles, Miller James Gang, killed Double portrait of the two members of the Jesse James/ Young...	600 - 800	7 Bids
46	Styles, Miller James Gang, killed A closer double portrait of these two members of the gang, ...	600 - 800	18 Bids
47	Charlie Pitts, James Gang, by Sumner Captured during the failed Northfield bank robbery attempt b...	500 - 750	1 Bid
48	Charlie Pitts, James Gang, by Sumner Shown here wearing his shirt, probably taken before the prev...	500 - 750	13 Bids
49	Jewish Boxer B. Leonard endorsed 7" x 5" gelatin-silver photograph of the boxer by D. Aranow,...	80 - 120	11 Bids
50	Black Navy Company, 1943 panorama, identified This is Company 972 at the Griswold Naval Training Station, ...	500 - 600

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