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(HALF-PLATES)
Group of 8 select half-plate daguerreotypes, including a mason in full costume, a symmetrically
composed study of four men, a handsome man with an expectant look, parents and their three kids,
a thin-lipped gentleman, a reproduction of a painting, a wealthy couple by Henry E. Insley (the
woman in a white bonnet and plaid dress), and a father and his two sons; in leather cases. 1850s
[4,000/6,000]
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(CREDITED PHOTOGRAPHERS)
Group of 6 choice daguerreotypes by American
and British photographers, including a handsome
whole-plate of a bearded gentleman by Holmes
of New York (in a mother-of-pearl case; front
cover detached);a trio of quarter-plates,comprising
a study of 3 beautiful sisters in white dresses by
Weston, an older woman by Kilburn of London,
and the third a bespectacled gentleman by G.M.
Howe of Portland, Maine; and a pair of sixth-
plates, including a close-up of a man in profile
by Knickerbooker of NewYork and a study of a
serious boy by Chase; 4 in leather cases. 1850s
[2,500/3,500]
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