05-22-201305-23-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 22, 2013 02:00 PMCalender
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Quarter-plate Daguerreotype of a Man and an Ambrotype Portrait of His Wife and Daughter

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$246$200
Auction: Discovery - 2654MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Quarter-plate Daguerreotype of a Man and an Ambrotype Portrait of His Wife andDaughter, with tinted faces and gilt highlights, mounted together in a brown "The Two Lovers Going to the Well" (Krainik 13) Union case, (the man with tarnished edges, minor corrosion spots, and dust, the mother and daughter with scattered spots and dust).
Estimate $300-500


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