Capitol Gallery

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Capitol Gallery announces its Fall 2010 auction! Daguerreotype offerings include an identified Naval Officer holding his telescope, an outdoor scene, a unique daguerreian hair bracelet, a sharp Masonic image, along with identified pieces by Gurney, Brady and Barnard. Ambrotypes and tintypes include a superb half-plate river scene with working factory, an African American, a winter scene and occupationals, including a great ambrotype of a blacksmith. Cases include an all-mother-of-pearl and a beautiful cdv union case with a gold gilded center. Paper images of unique occupationals, dolls, animals, advertising, an early steam tractor, an image on cloth, a photomicrograph and a Chicago mission to Alaska round out the sale. OUR FALL AUCTION HAS CLOSED. OUR THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Capitol Gallery offers a comprehensive range of 19th century photographic fine art and related ephemera including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, and a diverse selection of paper photography including CDVs, cabinet cards, albumen and gelatin silver prints, photogravurers and woodburytypes, by American, English and European photographers. We also offer one of the finest selections of thermoplastic frames and cases. Addtionally, we offer a selection of turn-of-the-century and 20th-century photography by American and European artists.

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