Lot of 29, including one sixth plate daguerreotype, 3 sixth plate tintypes, 6 ninth plate daguerreotypes, 11 ninth plate tintypes, 2 sixteenth plate daguerreotypes, and 5 sixteenth plate tintypes (one case contains no image). Highlights include a ninth plate tintype of a lovely young woman housed in a floral union case [Berg 2-104] with velvet pad marked for Anson; a ninth plate tintype of a baby girl standing on a chair housed in a Very Rare geometric union case [3-422G]; and a sixteenth plate daguerreotype of a baby housed in a figural union case, The Sleeping Friar 1 [1-175], fully separated at spine. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Two cases broken/fully separated at spine: figural sixteenth plate example and geometric ninth plate example (this case with additional damage and chipping, including a large chunk broken off of spine). Cases and images with varying degrees of wear and various condition issues including discoloration, darkening, tarnish, scratching, and general wear, chipipng, nicking, and surface soil to cases.
Lot of 29, including one sixth plate daguerreotype, 3 sixth plate tintypes, 6 ninth plate daguerreotypes, 11 ninth plate tintypes, 2 sixteenth plate daguerreotypes, and 5 sixteenth plate tintypes (one case contains no image). Highlights include a ninth plate tintype of a lovely young woman housed in a floral union case [Berg 2-104] with velvet pad marked for Anson; a ninth plate tintype of a baby girl standing on a chair housed in a Very Rare geometric union case [3-422G]; and a sixteenth plate daguerreotype of a baby housed in a figural union case, The Sleeping Friar 1 [1-175], fully separated at spine. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Two cases broken/fully separated at spine: figural sixteenth plate example and geometric ninth plate example (this case with additional damage and chipping, including a large chunk broken off of spine). Cases and images with varying degrees of wear and various condition issues including discoloration, darkening, tarnish, scratching, and general wear, chipipng, nicking, and surface soil to cases.
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