Lot of 32. Includes one full plate tintype, 3 sixth plate ambrotypes, one ninth plate daguerreotype, 22 ninth plate ambrotypes (some include only glass plate with no backing, mat, or preserver), and 5 ninth plate tintypes. Highlights include a full plate tintype of a handsome young gentleman with adhesive label affixed to verso identifying him as "Uncle John Crowe," who died shortly after the Civil War and owned land in Montana (plate is coming loose from paper mat attached to glass and preserver); a ninth plate daguerreotype of a rotund woman wearing a pattern printed dress with lace gloves; a ninth plate daguerreotype of a middle-aged woman wearing a brooch and housed under glass, mat, and preserver with an advertising card for Davis & Co., Boston, MA; and a ninth plate tintype of a young man and woman seated together, the man with his arm resting on the woman's shoulder, with 2-cent revenue stamp affixed to plate verso. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: All images in this lot are uncased, and 11 ambrotypes are without mat or preserver of any kind. Of those 11, 5 include only the negative glass plate with no backing. One ambrotype includes mat and preserver, but no backing. One sixth plate ambrotype comes with mat, but no preserver. Condition on all AS IS.
Lot of 32. Includes one full plate tintype, 3 sixth plate ambrotypes, one ninth plate daguerreotype, 22 ninth plate ambrotypes (some include only glass plate with no backing, mat, or preserver), and 5 ninth plate tintypes. Highlights include a full plate tintype of a handsome young gentleman with adhesive label affixed to verso identifying him as "Uncle John Crowe," who died shortly after the Civil War and owned land in Montana (plate is coming loose from paper mat attached to glass and preserver); a ninth plate daguerreotype of a rotund woman wearing a pattern printed dress with lace gloves; a ninth plate daguerreotype of a middle-aged woman wearing a brooch and housed under glass, mat, and preserver with an advertising card for Davis & Co., Boston, MA; and a ninth plate tintype of a young man and woman seated together, the man with his arm resting on the woman's shoulder, with 2-cent revenue stamp affixed to plate verso. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: All images in this lot are uncased, and 11 ambrotypes are without mat or preserver of any kind. Of those 11, 5 include only the negative glass plate with no backing. One ambrotype includes mat and preserver, but no backing. One sixth plate ambrotype comes with mat, but no preserver. Condition on all AS IS.
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