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Zürich
"What a beautiful tribute!"
"No bids in the end. I wasn't totally surprised as the estimate seemd optimistic, especially given the fading to many prints and the number of images of paintings. "
"I wish I'd seen this when It was first sold! "Right up my street" as they say. I presume the auction was not on a prominent internet platform or the album was buried amongst other material and not shown or described properly. Nobody would have…"
"Thanks Helen. These are definitely daguerreotypes. Here is one in the negative form:"
"Thank you Steven. Some others have also suggested a possible Canadian connection. I'll check out those names."
I have a pair of tinted daguerreotypes that have me very puzzled. I bought them in the UK and the sitters look to be British but the case is American and something about the highly polished hallmarked plates, the subdued tinting and a complete lack…
"I was thinking of bidding on this lot (and got a scan of the whole album from the auctioneer) but I also had a feeling that it would go well beyond what I was prepared to pay. I wasn't wrong. It went for GBP 135,000 before buyer's premium/fees of at…"
" Are you sure these are painted CDVs? They look more like cased painted salt prints from the 1850s or 1860s to me. I have similar cased painted salt prints from Claudet and Kilburn. "
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Hi, Martin. You can answer me on ken@jacobsonphoto.com or maybe reply through this site as a friend.
All best,
Ken