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Auction archive: Lot number 289

[Cased Images] Mixed Lot of Cased Images

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n. a.
Price realised:
US$499
Auction archive: Lot number 289

[Cased Images] Mixed Lot of Cased Images

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$499
Beschreibung:

Lot of 5, including: Unusual convex plate daguerreotype of an aged woman. Sixth plate, housed under convex glass and inside a floral/fruit Union case. Condition: Solarization at mat edges. Sixth plate tinted ambrotype of a young girl sitting atop a table. Mat stamped Ambrotype, Cutting's Patent / Made by Miller & Merrill, Nashua, N.H. Housed in a sixth plate leather case. Condition: Craquelure of backing lacquer, else very good. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a gentleman holding a book. Housed in a simple black leather case. Condition: Darkening around edges and slight washing out of remainder. Case very good. Sixth plate tintype of a possibly African American teenager. Housed under a patriotic mat in a patriotic pressed paper case. Condition: Exposure very dark. Case worn and separated at spine. Unusual colored half-plate image of a gentleman, housed in a full leather case. The image is on a very thin, slightly translucent sheet of waxy paper. Condition: Some splotchiness of print, else very good. Provenance: From the Estate of Kenneth Erwin, Portland, Michigan

Auction archive: Lot number 289
Auction:
Datum:
16 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 5, including: Unusual convex plate daguerreotype of an aged woman. Sixth plate, housed under convex glass and inside a floral/fruit Union case. Condition: Solarization at mat edges. Sixth plate tinted ambrotype of a young girl sitting atop a table. Mat stamped Ambrotype, Cutting's Patent / Made by Miller & Merrill, Nashua, N.H. Housed in a sixth plate leather case. Condition: Craquelure of backing lacquer, else very good. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a gentleman holding a book. Housed in a simple black leather case. Condition: Darkening around edges and slight washing out of remainder. Case very good. Sixth plate tintype of a possibly African American teenager. Housed under a patriotic mat in a patriotic pressed paper case. Condition: Exposure very dark. Case worn and separated at spine. Unusual colored half-plate image of a gentleman, housed in a full leather case. The image is on a very thin, slightly translucent sheet of waxy paper. Condition: Some splotchiness of print, else very good. Provenance: From the Estate of Kenneth Erwin, Portland, Michigan

Auction archive: Lot number 289
Auction:
Datum:
16 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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