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11:00 AM PT - May 8th, 2003

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Preview hours for the sale are on Thursday, May 8, 2003, 9 AM to 12 Noon, AND Friday, May 9, 2003, 9 AM to 12 Noon, at the Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Sharonville, Ohio 45246. (Conveniently located immediately off I-75, just south of I-275).

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644 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Daguerreotype by James Presley Ball

, quarter plate, half case only, mat stamped "J.P. Ball" and...

500
-
700
2
Lot 2
Daguerreotype of the "Elephant Store" in P

lymouth, Ohio, anonymous sixth plate, circa 1852. A bird's eye...

2,500
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4,500
3
Lot 3
Terrific Oversized Quarter Plate Daguerreo

type, anonymous, 3.5 x 4" plate in an embossed leather case. A...

500
-
700
4
Lot 4
Early Half Plate Daguerreotype

, anonymous, though judging from the case and mat style, likely...

600
-
800
5
Lot 5
Sixth Plate Daguerreotype, Boy Holding Pup

py by Head, renders beautifully a classic pose of a child and his...

700
-
900
6
Lot 6
Early signed Brady daguerreotype

, quarter plate, in original mahogany veneer ogee frame, signed in...

800
-
1,000
7
Lot 7
Daguerreotype of a Daguerreotypist

, quarter plate size, uncased in mat and preserver. He sits beside...

2,000
-
3,000
8
Lot 8
Daguerreotype of a Southern Dandy

, sixth plate size, in full leather case. A fine image of a...

400
-
600
9
Lot 9
Daguerreotype of a Carpenter

, sixth plate size, in full leather case. He proudly displays...

1,000
-
1,500
10
Lot 10
Splendid Postmortem Daguerreotype of Girl

with Flowers, anonymous, sixth plate size in full leather case...

600
-
800
11
Lot 11
Daguerreotype of an Accordion Player

, sixth plate size, in a full pressed paper case. He holds a true...

400
-
600
12
Lot 12
S. Broadbent Signed Daguerrotype

, mounted in a geometric 6th plate dark brown geometric...

400
-
500
13
Lot 13
Early American Daguerreotype Portrait

, anonymous sixth plate. In full, early leather case, with...

500
-
700
14
Lot 14
Daguerreotype Portraits, Living and Dead

, lot of 3, of the same man at different times in his adult life...

300
-
400
15
Lot 15
Daguerreotype of Daniel Spencer, Revolut


Daguerreotype of Daniel Spencer, Revolutionary War Veteran...

450
-
650
16
Lot 16
Daguerreotype of Twin Little Girls PLUS


Daguerreotype of Twin Little Girls PLUS, lot of 3, including a...

200
-
300
17
Lot 17
French Military Daguerreotype

, quarter plate portrait of a young uniformed Frenchman, mounted...

400
-
600
18
Lot 18
Oval Pendant Daguerreotype, Portrait of a

Woman with Lock of Hair, The woman, apparently dressed for winter...

400
-
600
19
Lot 19
Rare Ambrotype of Church in the Kanawha V

alley, wonderfully composed half plate image of a brick church...

3,000
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5,000
20
Lot 20
Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Early Church

, unusual architecture for a church, parishioners stand on a...

200
-
300
21
Lot 21
Ambrotype of a Fireman in Helmet Reading

"Franco-American 8", sixth plate size in full pressed paper case...

400
-
600
22
Lot 22
Ambrotype of Man and Microscope


Ambrotype of Man and Microscope, quarter plate size. Anonymous...

1,000
-
1,500
23
Lot 23
Ambrotype of Hat Makers


Ambrotype of Hat Makers, anonymous quarter plate size in full...

800
-
1,000
24
Lot 24
Ambrotype of Philadelphia Boot Maker

, signed on pad "Reimer. Philadelphia," sixth plate in full...

300
-
400
25
Lot 25
Ambrotype By O.C. Benjamin

, Newark, N.Y., signed on felt mat, in 6th plate geometric Union...

400
-
500
26
Lot 26
Ambrotype of a Young Cobbler


Ambrotype of a Young Cobbler, anonymous sixth plate in full...

300
-
400
27
Lot 27
Ruby Ambrotype of Minnesota Man with Flu


Ruby Ambrotype of Minnesota Man with Flute, sixth plate size, in a...

300
-
400
28
Lot 28
Sixth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Man Holding

Fur Hat, depicts a rural-looking gentleman with tinted cheeks...

300
-
400
29
Lot 29
Ambrotype of a Sailor with Buttons and Ch

est Pocket, ninth plate size in a black geometric case. The gent...

150
-
250
30
Lot 30
Half Plate Tintype of a Town

, wonderful image of two horse-drawn wagons stopped in the middle...

250
-
350
31
Lot 31
Half Plate Tintype of Hardware Store

, storefront of "Case & Larkin. Hardware. Stoves. Tinware." Large...

250
-
350
32
Lot 32
Two Whole Plate Tintypes of Rural Ohio

, wonderfully portraying the austere nature of farm life. First...

300
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400
33
Lot 33
Tintypes from Ruggles Grove, Ohio

, lot of 5. Exciting images display the bellicose character of men...

200
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300
34
Lot 34
Fine Group of Occupational and Other Tint

ypes, lot of 12. Five wonderful cdv-sized tintypes of occupational...

300
-
400
35
Lot 35
Full Plate Tintype of Midwestern Hotel

, full frontal view of a beautiful, two-story hotel, surrounded by...

300
-
400
36
Lot 36
Half Plate Tintype of Folk Art Rocking Ho

rse, mounted in a nice thermoplastic Union case which has fruit...

400
-
600
37
Lot 37
Unusual Tintype of a Masked Woman

, 6th plate in an octagonal floral Union case. A fine fun...

150
-
250
38
Lot 38
Tintype of Coal Miners

, 3.6" x 5.5" showing 6 young to middle-aged men seated on ground...

400
-
500
39
Lot 39
Half Plate Tintype of Children with Guns

, interesting 4" x 5" studio image of four children between 6 and...

200
-
300
40
Lot 40
Tintype of a Wallpaper Salesman

, quarter plate in a half leather case of a man in bowler hat...

150
-
200
41
Lot 41
On the Sofa Postmortem tintypes

, lot of 2. Includes a quarter plate in thermoplastic Union case...

500
-
600
42
Lot 42
Tintype of Sailors in Foul Weather Clothe

s, anonymous quarter plate. A great Civil War era image, showing...

300
-
500
43
Lot 43
Daguerreian Image of Slavery from Virgini

a, quarter plate size, in leather case with red velvet pad stamped...

10,000
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15,000
44
Lot 44
Ambrotype of Abraham the Slave Master

, anoymous, sixth plate in pressed paper case, with period pencil...

1,500
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2,500
45
Lot 45
Ambrotype of Virginia Slaves & White Char

ges, sixth plate size in floral Union case with original inked...

2,000
-
3,000
46
Lot 46
Tintype of an African-American Gentleman

, cdv-size sixth plate tintype in black, geometric Union Case(B...

150
-
200
47
Lot 47
Ambrotypes of Free African Americans

, a pair, sixth plate size in a black flower basket Union case...

400
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600
48
Lot 48
Tintype of A Young African American Gentl

eman, sixth plate size, in octagonal Union case with slip of paper...

300
-
500
49
Lot 49
Tintype of a Well-Dressed African-America

n Girl, sixth plate, in embossed, pressed leather covered case...

200
-
300
50
Lot 50
Half Plate, Union Case "American Country

Life 1", Berg #1-11, Krainik #9, brown, with ambrotype of a man...

350
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450
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