Lot of 24 images of children including two sixth plate ambrotype portraits; four ninth plate portraits including one daguerreotype, three ambrotypes (glass plate only) two tintypes, and one paper portrait; and fifteen sixteenth plate portraits including six daguerreotypes, three ambrotypes, and six tintypes. Highlights include a sixth plate ambrotype of a young woman wearing a gold-highlighted pendant necklace and yellow/light green tinted dress, housed in a geometric union case [Berg 3-170]; a ninth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young girl housed in an oval case, Plain Velvet [Berg 6-17a]; a sixteenth plate daguerreotype of a baby with possible hidden mother; and a sixteenth plate tintype of a baby wearing a hat and plaid clothing, with mother's arm visible in background, housed in a Very Very Rare geometric union case [Berg 3-495]. Ten images housed in full union cases, seven housed in full pressed paper cases, one housed in oval velvet case, three uncased (glass plate only). Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Images with varying degrees of wear and varying condition issues including tarnish, spotting, discoloration, and case wear.
Lot of 24 images of children including two sixth plate ambrotype portraits; four ninth plate portraits including one daguerreotype, three ambrotypes (glass plate only) two tintypes, and one paper portrait; and fifteen sixteenth plate portraits including six daguerreotypes, three ambrotypes, and six tintypes. Highlights include a sixth plate ambrotype of a young woman wearing a gold-highlighted pendant necklace and yellow/light green tinted dress, housed in a geometric union case [Berg 3-170]; a ninth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young girl housed in an oval case, Plain Velvet [Berg 6-17a]; a sixteenth plate daguerreotype of a baby with possible hidden mother; and a sixteenth plate tintype of a baby wearing a hat and plaid clothing, with mother's arm visible in background, housed in a Very Very Rare geometric union case [Berg 3-495]. Ten images housed in full union cases, seven housed in full pressed paper cases, one housed in oval velvet case, three uncased (glass plate only). Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Images with varying degrees of wear and varying condition issues including tarnish, spotting, discoloration, and case wear.
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