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321 - 3 portraits of men. Ambrotypes, lightly hand-coloured, finis…
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Estimate €240 - €300
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3 portraits of men. Ambrotypes, lightly hand-coloured, finished with a gilt oval passe-partout in fine thermoplastic cases inlaid with patterned velvet. - 1. man with a moustache and hat, sixth-plate, octagonal case, casemaker: Holmes, Booth and Hayden. Scarce. - 2. man with a top hat, ninth-plate, mixed fruit case, casemaker: S. Peck & Co. - 3. seated man with crossed fingers, ninth-plate, octagonal case, casemaker: Peck & Halvorson. - Ref. Krainik, Clifford and Michele, Union cases. A collector's guide to the art of America's first plastic, Library of Congress, 1988, n.363, n.405, n.615.
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About the sale Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 1:00 PM
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