05-22-201305-23-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 22, 2013 02:00 PMCalender
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Five Sixth-plate Daguerreotypes and an Ambrotype Depicting Young Women

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$338$275
Auction: Discovery - 2654MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Five Sixth-plate Daguerreotypes and an Ambrotype Depicting Young Women, daguerreotypes depict a woman wearing a flowered dress, one wearing an off-the-shoulder dress and holding a small bouquet of flowers, one wearing a striped dress and holding a book, seated beside a table set with a daguerreotype portrait of an elderly gentleman, one wearing a gingham-checked dress and holding a book, with one arm resting on a table, and one wearing a white lacy shawl and bonnet with bows tinted pink and blue; and an ambrotype of a woman wearing a dress trimmed with fringe and a white lace collar, all mounted in pressed-paper/leather cases, one in a pressed-paper frame, (imperfections).
Estimate $500-700

five daguerreotypes:
Woman wearing a flowered dress- tarnish ring, scattered spiders and dust.
Woman wearing an off-the -shoulder dress/bouquet of flowers- tarnish ring, scattered spiders and dust.
Woman wearing a striped dress w/book/seated beside table-tarnish ring, scattered spiders and dust., couple corrosion spots, this one in a pressed paper frame.
Woman wearing a gingham-checked dress w/book- minor edge tarnish a few tarnish spots.
Woman wearing a white lacy shawl and bonnet- Tarnish ring, scattered spiders, dust, case split.
Ambrotye of a woman wearing a print dress- few horiz. scratches to emulsion.


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