Be-hold 44 - Session 2

1/6 plate paper photograph in oval mat. Theme on both sides, but back is upside down. Most corners are not perfectly straight, with some signs of repa

Other than the familiar chip next to the catch on the inside left rail of the cover, appears flawless. Nice 1/6 plate tintype of a young man. Case is

1/6 plate paper photograph in oval mat. Brown case seems flawless.

1/6 plate ambrotype in early paper seals, pleasant woman. Only flaw in the case is a slight lack of total sharpness in some corners; edges are all fi

1/9 plate ambrotype of a young man (dark.) The mat has the identification of Prescott & Gage, Artists.

1/9 plate tintype of girl. Small chip on one edge; just slight wear to corners.

Nice 1/9 plate ambrotype of a young woman. Case seems free of flaws.

1/9 plate ambrotype of young man. Only defect is brief chip in tip of one back corner, and very tiny loss of sharpness to another

1/9 plate ambrotype on violet glass. Case appears flawless.

Miserable 1/9 plate ambrotype. Case has a chip next to the clasp on the back, a slightly roughened corner and a trivial roughened spot on one edge. S

Pair of 1/9 plate tintypes, identified behind as Amasa Nathaniel Kidder and his 2nd wife Mary Walker Kidder. Amasa N. Kidder established a marble qua

Nice 1/9 plate ambrotype of a seated boy. Lower right corner of cover is chipped. Very minor loss to upper right corner. The back is flawless.

Curiously a 1/9 plate ambrotype of rural couple contrasts with the romanticism of the case motif. Case is flawless but for a slight loss to tip of upp

Nice 1/9 plate daguerreotype of a boy [4-]. Behind is a card for A. A. Fish, Daguerreotypes, No. 228 (was No. 2 but change added in pencil) Washingt

1/9 plate ambrotype on violet glass of a child. Very slight wear to corners, and lack of gloss

1/9 plate ambrotype of a man. Case is almost flawless—just one not-quite sharp corner.

1/9 plate ambrotype of a woman, and one on ruby glass of a girl, probably her daughter. Just a very slight sense of roughness to top and bottom edges

Very nice 1/9 plate daguerreotype of a woman is [4]. Case has only one corner (the upper left of the cover) that isn’t sharp.

Oval 1/9 plate, with tintype of young man. No imperfections to case, but surface is slightly rough, as made.

1/16 oval tintype of a woman.