Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 17,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) McPherson & Oliver, photographers. Carte de visite of a pair of contrabands. Albumen photograph, 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches, on original mount with photographer's backmark; minor wear and foxing, skillfully repaired 1/2-inch closed tear. [Baton Rouge, LA], circa 1863

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A little-known image by the photographers of the famed "Scourged Back." We have traced no other examples.