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Lot 227
Five Mid-19th Century Thermoplastic Photograph Cases with Four Images Present
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: two (2) quarter-plate cases, the first with a Littlefield, Parsons & Co. interior label and holding a well-preserved daguerreotype of a small boy with a folded fan while the second case lacks an image altogether...plus: two (2) sixth-plate cases with daguerreotypes, the first of a matronly lady in a Holmes, Booth & Haydens case (some spotting), the second case is dated November 1st/59 and holds the portrait of a comely young woman wearing a likely wedding ring; the final case, by S. Peck & Co., holds a sixth-plate portrait of a gentleman and having a 3-cent tax stamp on the back (heavy crazing to the image).

Collection of a Gentleman, Yadkinville, North Carolina

The cases are in overall very good condition with only very small chips and losses if such are present.