Be-hold 44 - Session 1

Hardly a trace of chair or background. This girl with coral necklace is the same as in the pair of tintypes, Lot 30. Seals opened to clean glass; they

We leave the daguerreotype section with a smile. 1/9 plate in full case with original spine intact. The downward shaft at the left is some kind of lig

Whole plate ivorytype in deep sculpted gilded frame, by B. F. Ferguson, Philadelphia. Has a label attached to the back of the frame, for Ferguson, Art

1/4 plate ambrotype on ruby glass. This soldier has bags suspended from straps on each shoulder. The most visible and interesting is the large pouch o

1/2 plate ambrotype. Two brothers [twins?] grieve for their lovely departed mother. In this charged situation, how did the photographer arrange to get

This came from the estate of the Philadelphia daguerreotypist David C. Collins, originally in partnership with M. A. Root. He seems also to have had s

She has a gilded brooch and ring, nice flowered dress. Interesting backdrop. 1/9 plate in "Constitution and the Laws" case, with slight ch...

Possibly a member of a delegation. He looks familiar but I can't place him. This is a 1/9 plate tintype with the early melainotype patent on the...

Unusual subject. This pleasant bearded gentleman has slight coloring on his face. Tintype in 1/6 plate hanging frame.

This is the same charming girl as in the daguerreotype, Lot 21. This is a pair of 1/6 plate melainotypes (early tintypes) in full cases. In one she is

! Pair of CVD-size tintype portraits, in small album pages, with backmark for "COPE/ Artificial Fly Tyer/ and/ PHOTOGRAPHER... " Norristow...

This has to do with General McClellan's opposition to General Winfield Scott's plan to "squeeze" the South early in the War, somet...

Think this is a public building draped with mourning for Lincoln. CDV by Stein's Photographic Gallery, Ravenna, Ohio.

The little booth in back says "Visitor's Registry." By Carbutt, Chicago.

He holds a sign, "Al. Aged 7 Years 1846." In another, perhaps a little older, he poses with his sister. Pair of CDV's by John Bainbri...

, ….now on exhibition with NORMAN'S MUSEUM." One of the major side-show attractions, Bowen performed acrobatic feats despite his condition ...

He has his right sleeve rolled up to display it. Probably a Civil War veteran. By W. J. Tait, New York.

Man's head on a woman's body. Is this a political satire as Lot 32? No maker's imprint.

Title written in pen on the bottom of the mount of this CDV by Gurney. Is this theatrical, political, social, or just fun?

A basketfull of CDV's of Peruvian beauties-- a composite by V. L. Richardson, Lima. (One of the images is itself a composite.) Plus one of a bea...