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300
●
(AMERICANA)
Group of 47 rare tintypes, most of which are cased, comprising special occupationals, unusual
studies of animals, military images, bicycling enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, artists, and more.
With 6 half-plates (including snipers [wallpaper hangers] posing in front of a long fence with
theatrical broadsides, and Union officers posing in front of their tent); 9 quarter-plates (including a
miner with a pickaxe, a figure posing as Uncle Sam, and a musician with his trombone); 28 sixth-
plates (including a fireman, a barber, a man and his rooster, an African American gentleman, and
carpenters); and 2 ninth-plates (including an owl perched on a chair); most are in leather or Union
cases. 1860s-90s
[2,500/3,500]
WITH—
Group of 19 ambrotypes featuring landscapes, portraits, and curious hobbyists.
Comprising a
whole-plate of Niagara Falls; 3 half-plates, including a pair of variant images depicting a tropical
setting; 6 quarter-plates, including a military figure and his trombone (with a note from his beloved,
Addie); 10 sixth-plates (with a woman posing in front of her shop and a young man attacking his
paramour with a sword); and 3 ninth-plates, including a rabbit on a table; most are housed in full
or half leather cases, 2 in Union cases. 1850s-60s.
From the Collection of Harry Amdur.
301
301
●
(OCCUPATIONAL TINTYPE)
Half-plate tintype of a photographer and subject in a studio setting.
The image measuring 3x4
1
/
2
inches (7.6x11.4 cm.) and the plate 4x5
1
/
2
inches (10.2x14 cm.). 1870s
[500/750]