Six Union Cases with Seven Ninth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits

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Six Union Cases with Seven Ninth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits, a double ninth-plate case with a portrait of a baby, another double ninth-plate case with two portraits of young men, one wearing a hat and checked jacket, one hatless; four ninth-plate cases: a young woman wearing a flowered bonnet, a full-length portrait of a young woman seated beside a table, a young girl seated with one arm resting on a table with a book, a portrait of a young girl standing, holding a book; mounted in "Children Playing with Toys," combination "Family Party" and "Scroll," a "Scroll" variant, a combination "Scroll/Geometric" and variant of the same with a cameo center, "Scroll/Gilded Center,'' and a different "Scroll/Gilded Center" (Krainik 559, 560 and 563, 543 variant, 549 and 549 variant, 542, 543) Union cases, respectively, (imperfections).
Estimate $300-500

All portraits with some degree of tarnish and dust, additional problems below:
Double ninth-plate case with four compartments with one portrait of a baby- scattered spiders esp. l.l. area.
A Double ninth-plate case with two portraits of young men, one wearing a hat and checked jacket- couple small corrosion spots l.c., the htless man has a small corosion spot l.c., both are pretty good images.
Young woman wearing a flowered bonnet- large areas of whitish residue, possibly from moisture, minor spots of corrosion, the case she is in is the same model on both sides except one side has a lavender-colored female cameo at the center.
Full-length portrait of a young woman seated/table- a few corrosion spots, the case she is in has a small abraision on the front, and shaded coloring. .
Young girl seated with one arm resting on a table with a book- a few tarnish and corrosion spots.
Portrait of a young girl standing/holding a book- large tarnish ring, scattered spiders and corrosion spots.


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