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Lot 721

Twelve Daguerreotype Portraits of Male Subjects. Circa 1840...

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Twelve Daguerreotype Portraits of Male Subjects. Circa 1840s/50s. Images of bust portraits and half-length portraits of men dressed in formal attire; two studio stamped on frame (Meade Brothers of New York and Silas Selleck of San Francisco). Housed in original embossed leather cases, most missing front covers. Largest case, 4 ? x 3 ??; most quarter plate and sixth plate sizes. Many with solar rings around edges, cases worn.