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10:00 AM PT - Feb 21st, 2008

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Fine daguerreoypes & other early photographs

69 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Early Daguerreotype Scholarly Gentleman nice case


EARLY SCHOLARLY GENTLEMAN, ¼ plate daguerreotype, in a square gold...

750
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1,200
2
Lot 2
1/9 pl.1840's Beard daguerreotype Wharton frame case


The gold-toned plate is in a mat with embossed "Beard Patentee...

500
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1,000
3
Lot 3
British Man o' War Daguerreotype, tinted Union Jack


She is anchored in a harbor with mountains in the left background...

8,500
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10,000
4
Lot 4
Bookstore Daguerreotype in frame York Pa.


Fabulous 1/6 plate daguerreotype shows a corner building with a...

7,500
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10,000
5
Lot 5
4 - Langenheim, Root daguerreotypes Phila family


This is the Tatham family. A ¼ plate daguerreotype in an octagonal...

1,500
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2,500
6
Lot 6
Plumbe daguerreotype in Plumbe case gilded logo


Fine gold-toned 1/6 plate in an octagonal mat stamped...

750
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1,000
7
Lot 7
Reflective woman nice 1/6 daguerreotype by Plumbe


She doesn't have her hand to her head, but still projects an...

260
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400
8
Lot 8
Pleasant Woman large eyes, mouth daguerreotype color


This 1/6 plate daguerreotype is still sealed in a wide stippled...

180
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250
9
Lot 9
Woman, cameo on lace collar 1/6 plate daguerreotype


The 1/6 plate daguerreotype is still sealed to its oval mat, with...

120
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250
10
Lot 10
Daguerreotype Locomotive "Vermont" at crossing


This ¼ plate daguerreotype shows good detail of the locomotive...

6,000
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9,000
11
Lot 11
Daguerreotype House Inn with sign, horse. 1/2 plate


½ plate daguerreotype in an oval mat, no case. A house is at the...

900
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1,500
12
Lot 12
Daguerreotype Small Town store, sign, people. case!


Two men stand in the street, between bare trees, in front of a...

1,200
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1,600
13
Lot 13
2 English framed daguerreotypes women box on table


The plates measure 6 ¼" x 4 ½", each in a deep passepartout with...

1,000
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1,500
14
Lot 14
Sumptuous English woman dag great colors


This is the highest quality I have seen in terms of clarity and...

1,500
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2,000
15
Lot 15
Tinted French erotic stereodaguerreotype


Luxurious French stereoscopic daguerreotype with hand coloring...

9,500
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12,000
16
Lot 16
Pregnant woman with book: sensitive poetic 1/4 dag


She has one hand at her waist; the other holds a book beneath her...

4,500
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6,000
17
Lot 17
Mother at the edge, & Child, great Whipple 1/4 dag


There is a small genre of daguerreotypes and other early matted...

1,500
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2,500
18
Lot 18
Handsome Bad Boy 1/4 plate daguerreotype


Terrific ¼ plate daguerreotype shows this clear-eyed young man...

1,600
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2,500
19
Lot 19
Red Jennings case with label, portrait of a man


Pleasant 1/6 plate daguerreotype portrait in a stippled oval mat...

200
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400
20
Lot 20
Woman holds her flowered Bonnet, by Hughes


A woman in a spotted dress, cameo at collar, careful hair, holds...

260
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400
21
Lot 21
Girl in chair with surprising bright red back


PINK/RED. A curious 1/6 plate daguerreotype in a scalloped mat...

280
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400
22
Lot 22
Little girl Blue sweet 1/6 plate daguerreoype


She is restrained by a strap at her waist, yet still she is...

150
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350
23
Lot 23
Girl with curl holds a powderhorn daguerreoype


Surely she was not yet a hunter herself, but she seems comfortable...

500
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800
24
Lot 24
Girl holds case, ribbons loose, 1/6 daguerreotype


The ribbons of her gauzy headdress hang loose, something I haven't...

260
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400
25
Lot 25
Girl, very long braids, ribbons, 1/4 daguerreotype


There are ribbons on the ends of hose braids. On the table at the...

750
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1,000
26
Lot 26
Daguerreotype, Woman, cameo on ribbon 1/4 plate


The cameo is on the crossing of her ribbon. Her hair has a double...

120
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250
27
Lot 27
French Priest framed 1/4 plate daguerreotype


¼ plate daguerreotype in a board mat with a ruled gilded pattern...

1,300
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1,500
28
Lot 28
Aged gent with cane Rich 1/2 plate Daguerreotype


He's seated in a chair with an unusually elaborate back. The...

260
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400
29
Lot 29
Man of Power daguerreotype, 1/2 plate framed


SUCCESSFUL MAN OF POWER. ½ plate daguerreotype in an oversize mat...

300
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400
30
Lot 30
Alabama gent glasses daguerreotype Barnes Mobile


FERVENT YOUNG MAN FROM ALABAMA. He wears glasses, chin beard, with...

400
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600
31
Lot 31
Wallpaper artist rich occupational daguerreotype


A smock with leggings covers his suit. On the table is a pail with...

3,800
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4,500
32
Lot 32
Daguerreotype, "WATCHMAN"on his hat. Who??


That's what it says on his hat. He stands at attention, wearing an...

1,200
-
1,500
33
Lot 33
Fully armed gent, Kentucky rifle, Pepperbox pistol


He's got a Kentucky rifle, pepperbox pistol, knife and other...

3,500
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4,500
34
Lot 34
Hunter rifle powderhorn gold-toned daguerreotype


Rich gold-toned 1/6 plate daguerreotype, still sealed. Some rouge...

500
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1,000
35
Lot 35
Hunter, rifle, fine 1/6 plate daguerreotype


1/6 plate extra-silvered plate daguerreotype with tissue seals...

600
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1,000
36
Lot 36
Mexican war print Currier daguerreotype


LIVELY MEXICAN WAR PRINT, STYLE OF CURRIER. See "Eyewitness to War...

260
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400
37
Lot 37
Fiddler tapping his foot daguerreotype


FIDDLER WITH EXPRESSIVE FACE. Kerchief at his neck. He seems to be...

400
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600
38
Lot 38
Daguerreotye large school class outside


CLASS OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL. Girls are on the right, boys at the...

750
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1,000
39
Lot 39
Father & Son outside, daguerreotype


FATHER AND SON, OUT BACK. They stand holding hands before the...

300
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500
40
Lot 40
Street peddlars unusual daguerreotype subject


FRUIT PEDDLARS IN THE STREET. The father stands at right with a...

400
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600
41
Lot 41
2 daguerreotypes women dated in image on books


PAIR OF PORTRAITS DATED IN THE IMAGE. Two 1/6 plate daguerreotypes...

400
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600
42
Lot 42
2 post mortem daguerreotypes, memorial cases


TWO POST MORTEMS IN MOTHER OF PEARL AND HAND PAINTED MEMORIAL...

300
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600
43
Lot 43
Fontayne & Porter Cincinnati post mortem


POST MORTEM BY FONTAYNE & PORTER, CINCINNATI. Many daguerreotypes...

400
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750
44
Lot 44
Girl, on a rocking horse daguerreotype


GIRL ON ROCKING HORSE. There are splendid feathers in her velvet...

750
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1,000
45
Lot 45
Girl with her large dog 1/6 plate daguerreotype


GIRL WITH HER LARGE DOG. Dressed for the outdoors, she's somewhat...

750
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1,000
46
Lot 46
Fashionable woman, daguerreotype by Hesler, Chicago


FASHIONABLE WOMAN BY HESLER. She wears a hat with feathers, and...

360
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500
47
Lot 47
fine Mascher stereo viewing case, 1/4 plate


MASCHER STEREO VIEWING CASE. ¼ plate size, with two 1/9 plate...

600
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800
48
Lot 48
Plate box for White daguerreotype plates , labels


PLATE BOX FOR WHITE'S PLATES. A wooden box with 24 slots. A label...

1,200
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1,500
49
Lot 49
Union recruits fine 1/2 plate Civil War ambrotype


NEWLY TAILORED UNION RECRUITS. Rich immaculate ½ plate shows four...

600
-
800
50
Lot 50
Women on horses in street, 1/2 plate ambrotype


Looking down at a pair of young women in their riding caps and...

850
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1,000
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