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Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,200
(AMERICAN TINTYPES) A group of 93 rare and interesting American tintypes, comprised of playful portraits, outdoor scenes, African American subjects, Civil War figures, musicians, and occupational studies. With 2 full-plates (including a framed image of an early fire hose carriage, and 4 women posing in front of a home with a wrap-around porch); 4 half-plates (including a father and son posing by a Rodman cannon, a hand-tinted portrait of a man in his horse-drawn carriage, and a stern portrait of a Civil War figure); 8 quarter-plates (including a womens sharpshooting team, a full fire brigade, and a pair of portaits depicting banjo players); 78 sixth-plates (including a profile portrait of a woman with knee-length hair, various African American subjects, a host of occupationals, card players, a pair of hikers, fisherman, beer drinkers, a young boy in a dress riding a rocking horse, a number of subjects with pets, an outdoor scene of a general store, and an image of cricket players); and one ninth-plate of an elderly man with a cane; approximately a quarter are partially cased in leather and union cases. 1860s-90s
WITH-- A binder including approximately 330 fine tintype portraits, mostly sixth-plates, with some slightly larger. 1860s-90s and 1930s (2)
AND-- A folk art tintype frame constructed with faux bamboo and 28 individual tintypes mounted around the border, overall measuring 23 1/2 inches (59.6 cm.) square. The tintypes presumably depict members of an extended family, as many appear to be from the same photographer's studio. The frame displays a carpet travel bag, with delicate beadwork, illustrating a billowing steam train moving through the countryside, with an extended handwritten caption, dated 1919, on verso.
