05-22-201305-23-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 22, 2013 02:00 PMCalender
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Four Sixth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of Married Couples

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$308$250
Auction: Discovery - 2654MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Four Sixth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of Married Couples, depicting two young couples and two middle-aged couples, mounted in pressed-paper/leather cases, (imperfections).
Estimate $250-350

All have fairly minor tarnish, one middle-age couple's portrait has numerous spiders, one young couple's portrait condition is nearly perfect; two portraits have no cases, one case is split.


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