The roundup - Some top sellers from the past week.

The world is a mighty big place, and so much gets sold in even one week's time. Here are some highlights from the past week on eBay, where all manner of stuff gets sold, some of it for big dollars. These are by category, as they are listed on eBay.

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Daguerreotypes:

1. Painter Daguerreotype with Brushes and Bucker- $3600

 2. Good 6th Plate Daguerreotype Portrait Of 2 Young Ladies - $889.99

3. Large 1/4 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE group women college - $730

Ambrotype

1.    Ambrotype of Pregnant Black AA Lady in arm of other wom - $1979.99

2. 7th Cavalry Company H Armed Ambrotype - $232.50

 3. Great Ambrotype in Even Greater 3-D Gutta Percha Case - $179.04

 Tintypes:

1. 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery Tintype History Grouping - $1051

2. Civil War Tintype SNY Belt Knife Pistol Backpack Pipe - $1026

3. SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF AN ARMED BLACK SOLDIER - $685.03

Stereoviews:

1. Antique Telebinocular Tour of the world Complete 12 Vol - $670

2. Grant, Sherman, Burns, Grand Review Stereoviews- $500

3. Gettysburg Civil War Dead Stereoview & Stereoviewer - $431.79

 CDVs:

1. 1864 Autographed CDV from GB McClellan to HJ Hunt - $1675

2. CDV: US Civil War, surgeon DR. MARY WALKER, CMOH - $937

3. c1860s *NUDE Beautiful WOMEN* albumen cdv INDIA/CEYLON? - $542

Cabinet Cards:

                   1. NATIVE AMERICAN DAGUERROETYPE CABINET LITTLE BIG MAN - $8900

2. c1890 cabinet photo 2 men GRAPHOPHONE Music Devic- $541

3. Rare 1880's Wood Boxing Cabinet Card Mike Cleary Boxer - $311

Militaria:

1. VISIGOTHIC HELMET - V CENTURY - ORIGINAL !!!!!!!!!!!! - $10655

2. Antique French Napoleonic Cuirassier Uniform Pre 1865 - $7896.54

3. 1800's FRENCH CUIRASSIER CAVALRY OFFICERS SWORD - $4849

Folk Art:

1. 19th Century Painted Copper "Harris" Horse Weathervane - $2281

2. ANTIQUE ROOSTER-CHICKEN WOOD CARVING FOLK ART PLAQUE! - $1304.79

3. AN EARLY ,AMERICAN CHILDS SETTLE,OR BUCKET BENCH - $1052

Boys had bottle curls, too

What a cutie! Bottle curls and proud of it! Cabinet Card. Will be offered soon.

Earthquake photos please – let's see them!

In light of today's earthquake, I thought I'd solicit some links to some great early earthquake photos. Send them on in in the comments section.

And I know some of you actually own some great early earthquake images. Feel free to post them here, too!  Let's see!

And - comments are now open to anyone, you don't have to follow this blog to comment.

* I just found this site - kind of the mother lode of photos.

(Courtesy Library of Congress)

Exquisite tinting - 1/9 plate daguerreotype

The British were the masters of daguerreotype tinting, and this 1/9 plate daguerreotype is a master work. Tinted from top to bottom. No spec of the surface spared. Sky tinted as if the sun was low. It's amazing what a good tinting can do to bring an image to life. Have had this for a few years but only recently rediscovered it in inventory.

The roundup - Some top sellers from the past week.

The world is a mighty big place, and so much gets sold in even one week's time. Here are some highlights from the past week on eBay, where all manner of stuff gets sold, some of it for big dollars. These are by category, as they are listed on eBay.

If you find this weekly blog interesting, please share on facebook, by email or on twitter by using the buttons at the bottom. 

Daguerreotypes:

1. 1/2 Plate Daguerreotype " Mom & Pantless Baby" Full Cas- $750

 2. TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE ISTANBUL GALATA ANTIQUE PHOTO - $690

3. Early 1840s 1/6 DAG of Woman w Tasseled Curtain Shadow? - $600

Ambrotypes:

1. 

1861 6th AMBRO, CIVIL WAR SOLDIER HOLDS FRIEND'S HAND - $487

2. ca.1863 Civil War Soldier in Uniform,Delawar​e Ambrotype - $456.51

 3. POST MORTEM DOUBLE AMBROTYPES MOTHER w/ DEAD CHILD - $361.69 

 Tintypes:

1. GENTLEMAN W/BANJO TINTYPE PHOTO IN CASE - $6276.76 (listed as a tintype but clearly a dag)

2. 7 Incredible US Civil War Armed Soldier Tintype - $1426.99

3. Antique 19C. Military Tintype Photo of Soldier w/ Sword - $1226.99 (Clearly a dag)

Stereoviews:

1. Orig ca.1860 Interior Appleton Stereoscopic Co NY Store- $717.07

2. OLD DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINING PHOTO STEREOVIEW CARDS - $565

3. RARE PHOTO MODOC INDIAN WAR 1873 BY EDWARD MUYBRIDGE - $407.50

 CDVs:

1. CDV Photo,Civil War Soldier,Id'd Gen. Farnsworth,KIA - $3350

2. President James Garfield CDV Carte de visite Civil War - $1625.03

3. c1862 Utah MORMON Leader * BRIGHAM YOUNG * Signed cdv - $765

Cabinet Cards:

1. MADAME HERRMANN. QUEEN OF MAGIC. c.1890. VERY RARE - $686

2. TINTYPIST WITH CAMERA & SITTER. BY FALK. c.188) $685.32

3. GENERAL ULYSSES S U.S. GRANT CASKET CABINET CARD PHOTO - $455

Militaria:

1. VERY NICE CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE SWORD P1821 - $10303

2. JAPANESE SWORD - $6789.25

3. Antique Chinese Naval Short Sword Dagger WW2 - $4938.01

Folk Art:

1. Huge Folk Art Sideshow Circus Painting Robert Wicks - $2550

2. Antique American Folk Art Game Board Old Paint - $2272.22

3. RARE! SMALLEST ROOSTER 19TH C. WEATHERVANE.. VT BARN - $1525