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Daguerreotype of gold miners, $37,800, Hindman Auctions

Daguerreotype of gold miners, $37,800, Hindman Auctions
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Daguerreotype of gold miners, $37,800, Hindman Auctions
Daguerreotype of gold miners, $37,800, Hindman Auctions

A half-plate daguerreotype of three miners, looking resolute behind their lit cigars, sold for $37,800 at an American Historical Ephemera & Photography auction held June 15-16 by Hindman Auctions in Cincinnati. Also, a quarter-plate daguerreotype of Fort Mackinac, MI, circa 1855 or later, realized $31,500; a quarter-plate daguerreotype of photographer Andrew Joseph Russell (1830-1902) hit $28,350; and a photograph of Lincoln’s second inauguration in 1865 reached $18,900.