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GROUP OF IMAGES RELATED TO THE FAMOUS TIPTON FAMILY OF GETTYSBURG
This is a lot of 11 images all believed to be of members of the William H. Tipton family. William H. Tipton was a local Gettysburg photographer who began his association with the battlefield at the… (2021-763). Learn More »
$1,495.00
SOLD
SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF A SEATED SOUTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER DISPLAYING A PHOTOGRAPHIC CASE FOR THE CAMERA
This nice view of a young southern soldier comes from an estate in Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina. No family name has been preserved, but units such as the 4th, 5th, 7th, 12th, 13th and 17th… (141-120). Learn More »
$995.00
Originally $1,100.00
SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF UNION GENERAL R.B. MITCHELL: MEXICAN WAR, KANSAS FREE-STATER, WIA WILSON’S CREEK, DIVISION COMMANDER AT PERRYVILLE
This sixth-plate ambrotype shows Brigadier General Robert Byington Mitchell in a seated pose from the waist up, wearing his regulation general’s uniform and turned slightly to display the brigadier… (846-244). Learn More »
$2,750.00
Originally $4,500.00
EXTRAORDINARY SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF COL. DAVID ADDISON WEISIGER, LATER BRIGADIER GENERAL C.S.A., WITH FELLOW VA MILITIA OFFICER AT CHARLESTOWN, VIRGINIA, FOR THE HANGING OF JOHN BROWN 1859
This is an extremely rare, identified ambrotype, one of fewer than a dozen known taken of Virginia militia officers and men assembled at Charlestown, Virginia, in late 1859 as security forces for the… (846-201). Learn More »
$6,790.00
Originally $8,900.00
“FAN OF CORNUCOPIA” UNION CASE
Adorned with cornucopia’s fanned in the center inlayed with floral motifs, this union case is perfect for anyone looking to frame a daguerreotype and/or ambrotype. This frame case is empty and… (1043-209). Learn More »
CDV SIZED TINTYPE OF YOUNG NAVY OFFICER
Image is a bust view of a Navy officer wearing a double-breasted frock coat, white shirt and a small bowtie. Photo is housed in a paper mount with a printed gold oval frame. Image is clear with good… (1054-1108). Learn More »
FULL PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF YOUNG BOY HOLDINIG A RIFLE
Image shows a young boy approx. 10-12 years old seated on a rock holding a rifle or shotgun. He wears a dark “beehive” shaped slouch hat with dark coat, white shirt, large dark bowtie and white… (P14167). Learn More »
$750.00
ON HOLD
SCARCE LEATHER PANNOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH OF A VMI CADET IN UNIFORM, IDENTIFIED AS “WILLIS” AND DATED 1858
The Virginia Military Institute was intimately involved in the war. It fielded some 1,827 alumni in the conflict, all but 19 of whom served in the Confederate army, and 20 of whom achieved a… (846-202). Learn More »
$2,500.00
Originally $2,900.00
ON HOLD
PAIR OF SIXTH-PLATE TINTYPES IN UNION CASE
Here is a pair of 1/6-plate tintypes, probably a husband and wife. Images are extremely crisp and clear. On the left side is a well-dressed woman and on the right side is a well-dressed man. Both have… (2021-15). Learn More »
EARLY 1920’S REPRODUCTION RECTANGULAR C.S.A. BELT BUCKLE RECOVERED NEAR SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE IN 1960
Plate is sand cast brass with nice dark patina overall and a very nice “C.S.A.” at center. Reverse has all three brass hooks. A close examination reveals some lumps and bumps to the casting as… (33-250). Learn More »
DOUBLE SIXTH-PLATE UNION CASE WITH TWO AMBROTYPE IMAGES
Very nice Union case with an exterior decoration titled “THE FAITHFUL HOUND.” Both the front and back of the case have a raised linear border while at center are raised figures of a woman and… (1043-170). Learn More »
$295.00
Originally $375.00
HALF PLATE TINTYPE OF A WOMAN IN A WONDERFUL UNION CASE TITLED “AMERICAN COUNTRY LIFE”
Image is a half-plate tintype of a young woman wearing a dark colored dress with a small white lace collar. She has a dark bow in her hair and a brooch at her throat. The image is clear but the… (1043-179). Learn More »
$400.00
Originally $500.00
DOUBLE QUARTER PLATE UNION CASE WITH RUBY AMBROTYPE IMAGES
Union case features a raised image called, “Money Musk”, for an old fiddle tune. It shows people dancing as a man plays the fiddle. Floral and fruit border surrounds image. Case shows a small… (1043-180). Learn More »
$275.00
Originally $375.00
VERY NICE HALF PLATE TINTYPE OF YOUNG COUPLE IN UNION CASE
Image is a full view of a young man seated with a woman standing by his side with one arm resting on his shoulder. The male subject wears the usual dark suit with visible watch chain while the woman… (1043-192). Learn More »
$250.00
Originally $350.00
FANTASTIC HALF PLATE AMBROTYPE IN HOLY FAMILY UNION CASE
Nice half-plate image of a young lady seated in a decorative high-backed chair at a cloth covered table. She wears a dark dress with a white lace collar and a touched gilt brooch at her throat. Image… (1043-320). Learn More »
$400.00
Originally $500.00
ON HOLD
GUTTA PERCHA 1/4 PLATE IMAGE CASE
Hinged case is meant to house a quarter-plate sized wet plate image. Outside of case shows a raised Victorian- era image of a well-dressed man with horse, conversing with others. Inside is lined in… (2020-1172). Learn More »
HALF-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF OHIO CONGRESSMAN, BUSINESSMAN AND RAILROAD EXECUTIVE PETER W. STRADER
This half-plate sized daguerreotype portrait of Strader (1818-1881) likely dates to the late 1840s or very early 1850s and shows him seated, from the waist up, resting his elbow on a table next to… (846-189). Learn More »
$585.00
Originally $650.00
SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF THADDEUS B. WAKEMAN, “FREE THOUGHT” ADVOCATE AND PHILOSOPHER
This is one of two daguerreotypes from the Wakeman family we are proud to offer. This one is nicely identified in ink on a paper label pasted to the facing pad, reading: “My grandfather / Thaddeus… (846-178). Learn More »
$585.00
Originally $650.00
QUARTER-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF AN ARMED AMERICAN MILITIA OFFICER
This young man cradles a P-guard hilted sword in its scabbard in one arm and with the other displays an 1851-style shako fitted a feathered plume, 1821-style eagle, and oval hat badge reading… (30-2222). Learn More »
$850.00
ON HOLD
IDENTIFIED 1/6 PLATE TINTYPE OF UNION SOLDIER – JOSEPH COURTIS, 1ST MASSACHUSETTS HEAVY ARTILLERY
This photograph was part of a collection of images of men from Company G, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. The regiment was originally raised as the 14th Massachusetts Infantry on July 5, 1861. In… (846-132). Learn More »
$220.00
Originally $245.00
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A TOUCHING MEMENTO OF A FALLEN UNION SOLDIER IN THE 24th NEW YORK: “He was too brave a soldier to suffer alone but it so happened to him.”
This framed Civil War soldier’s handkerchief bears a poignant handwritten note pinned to it: “This Handkerchief was found on the body of S.M. Olmstead after the Battle of Second Bull Run. His mother had sent it to him and he received it the night… (846-373). Learn More »
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