11-02-201311-02-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 2, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Carte-de-visite Album

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$23,370$19,000
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2684MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 02, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Carte-de-visite Album, c. 1861-65, ninety-eight carte-de-visites relating to the Civil War, fifty-eight various Lincoln images, Mary Todd, Tad, John Wilkes Booth, Jefferson and Varina Davis, politicians, Winfield Scott, Nathaniel Banks, General Grant, other officers, and African American images.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

All in very good condition, some with light browning on paper.


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Keywords

Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Mary Todd, Nathaniel Banks, Tad, Varina Davis, Winfield Scott