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½(HALF) PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF OLDER MAN, IN BRASS MAT
This image features an extended bust view of an older gentleman in smart, period dress. The image is framed by a brass mat and includes the case glass and a piece of heavy, older pasteboard… (1266-1028). Learn More »
INTRIGUING ¼ PLATE DAGUERROTYPE – FREDERIC CHAPMAN, AGE 4, ID’D WITH LOCK OF HAIR
The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process in the history of photography. Named after the inventor, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, each daguerreotype is a unique… (1221-51). Learn More »
RARE ¼ PLATE VMI CADET DAGUERROTYPE PHOTO – COL. SIMEON GIBBONS, 10th VIRGINIA, KIA AT MCDOWELL
Simeon Beauford Gibbons was born near what is now Shenandoah, Virginia (Page County) on May 25, 1833, a son of Samuel and Christina Miller Gibbons (a descendant of Valley pioneer Adam Miller). Though… (846-578). Learn More »
RARE BOOK – JOHN WILKES BOOTH, HIMSELF
By Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman. 1979. Very rare, limited-edition book. Hand signed and numbered by the authors. This book is number 623 of 1000. Hard, cloth covers with the dust… (1266-1038). Learn More »
$300.00
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EXCEPTIONAL CIVIL WAR PERIOD DAGUERROTYPE OF SEATED WOMAN
This young lady is the same from another sixth plate daguerreotype in our inventory [1221-94], but in this photo sports quite the formal outfit. An ornate broach joins her lace collar and accents her… (1221-30). Learn More »
STRIKING EARLY CIVIL WAR PERIOD DAGUERROTYPE OF SEATED WOMAN
This daguerreotype photo features a seated young woman with a piercing gaze directed at the camera lens. In beautiful contrast, she sits in a formal dress with matching fabric-covered buttons, her… (1221-94). Learn More »
SIXTH-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF MILITIA SOLDIER WITH SHAKO
This is a 1/6 plate daguerreotype photograph of uniformed militiaman in case. The photograph is a nice image of a well-uniformed man. He has a full, under the chin beard and serious look. Uniform is… (2024-1806). Learn More »
SIXTH-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF WOMAN IN “LIBERTY” THERMOPLASTIC CASE
This is a wonderful antique, circa 1850s daguerreotype image of a woman, framed in a 1/6th plate size “Union” or thermoplastic case. The case is known as “Liberty” and listed in Berg, a… (1221-98). Learn More »
THE NORFOLK LIGHT ARTILLERY BLUES! IMPRESSIVE HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE BY WHITEHURST IN A WONDERFUL WHITEHURST CASE
This image is not only mounted with a Whitehurst marked mat, but has a full thermoplastic figural case with a purple velvet facing pad embossed with a large eagle flourishing a ribbon reading “J.H.… (1138-1799). Learn More »
$5,000.00
Originally $7,500.00
DAGUERROTYPE IN UNIFORM OF LEWIS HENRY LITTLE, BREVET FOR GALLANT AND MERITORIOUS CONDUCT AT MONTEREY 1846; KILLED IN ACTION AS CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER GENERAL AND DIVISION COMMANDER AT IUKA 1862
This very clear sixth-plate daguerreotype dates about 1850 and shows Lewis Henry Little, usually referred to by his middle name, as a Captain in the 7th U.S. Infantry. Born in Maryland in 1817, he was… (1138-1808). Learn More »
$7,500.00
Originally $9,500.00
1840s ARMED MILITIA MAN WITH COCKADE AND “JG” HAT INSIGNIA
This sixth plate daguerreotype dates to the early or mid-1840s, having a simple octagonal mat and glass with no frame or “preserver.” It is also housed in simple leatherette cast with embossed… (1138-1929). Learn More »
$760.00
Originally $950.00
MILITARY NINTH-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE BY REES WHILE WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY
Charles Rees is best known among collectors for his military portraits in Confederate Richmond, but he worked in New York City from 1852 to 1854 and this is a very nice portrait of one of New York’s… (1138-1887). Learn More »
$2,360.00
Originally $2,950.00
SIXTH-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF AN 1850’S COUPLE, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
Crystal clear image of what is believed to be a husband and wife. The husband sits at left in a black suit and sporting chin whiskers. He wears a pearl tie-tack with a gold pin. Seated next to him is… (798-66). Learn More »
SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF TWO YOUNG BROTHERS
Here we have a landscape orientation of two young brothers seated for the photographer. Each brother wears a large cravat, one dark and one patterned. The boy with the dark tie wears a light vest and… (2022-2341). Learn More »
SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF BOY WITH BLACK DOG
This is a three-quarter view of a boy sitting on a chair with his arm around a dog who is sitting on a chair next to him. Boy is wearing a dark colored frock coat, vest and trousers with a white shirt… (894-30). Learn More »
$525.00
Originally $650.00
DAGUERREOTYPE OF FATHER AND CHILD IN UNION CASE
Sixth-plate daguerreotype of a young man in a dark suit with high white collar holding an infant in his lap. The child wears a light dress and a white bonnet. Image is very clear and despite a few… (611-397). Learn More »
$120.00
Originally $150.00
SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF WOMAN
Early image shows a waist up, seated view of a stern looking woman. She is wearing a dark colored silk dress with trimming on the sleeves and white collar with square brooch. Her dark hair is in a… (611-409). Learn More »
$65.00
Originally $80.00
SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF MOTHER & CHILDREN
Image shows a three-quarter view of a lovely lady sitting between her daughter and son. Mother is wearing a dark colored dress with white collar and chemisette. Daughter on left is wearing a printed… (2022-312). Learn More »
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NON-REGULATION SNARE DRUM WITH STICKS, SLING & PLATE -- ID’D TO 34TH NEW YORK DRUMMER
This is constructed in the standard fashion, with a wood body fastened at the overlapping seam by brass tacks arranged in circular patterns around the vent hole. The maple shell measures 17” in diameter and 17.25” tall. Shell is unpainted and… (1268-165). Learn More »
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