Hi there, I'm Associate Prof. at University College Dublin in History of Art, where I teach annual classes in the history of photography. I try where I can to incorporate actual photographic objects into my teaching, as it makes a great impression on students, and reminds them of the materiality of the subject!
I'm currently working to build up a 'teaching collection' of original photographic examples for my students to be able to examine as part of their learning. I'm therefore not looking for highly 'collectible' or valuable items, but simply useful examples of different processes, that will be handled by the students (with care). I'm not particular about subject etc, only that the items are in reasonable condition.
I'm using my own resources to do this, and as most antique fairs/dealers in Ireland are closed right now, I thought I'd enquire if any of the membership here might be willing to donate or sell to me reasonably priced examples of the following:
Direct positives:
- daguerreotype
- ambrotype
- tintype
- autochrome
Negatives:
- calotype negative
- collodion wet plate glass negative
- dry plate glass negative
- plastic / cellulose negative
Prints:
- salted paper print
- carte de visite
- albumen print (reasonable size; not too fragile!)
- collodion print
- gelatin print
- example of combination print
- photogravure print and/or plate
- half tone print
I will of course pay for shipping etc. to Ireland! I know that EBay is another option, and I know some of these items are rarer than others, but thought I might check first with this community, in any event 
Please contact me at emily.mark@ucd.ie if you can help. Many thanks!!
Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald
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