Freeman's | Hindman: Daguerreian Society Annual Benefit Auction, 6456, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date
September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025
Page Size: 77 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Jean-Pierre Danton (1800-1869), French.

[Daguerre] Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (1787-1851)

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
2

[History of Photography] Two 19th c. Prints of Daguerre

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
3 Anonymous, American, sixth plate, circa 1840-42.

[Early Photography] An Early Portrait with Paper Mat

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
4 John Plumbe Jr. (1809-1857) and his circle, American.

[Daguerreotype] Smiling Lass by Plumbe

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
5 John Plumbe Jr. (1809-1857) and his circle, American.

[Daguerreotype] Portrait of a Woman by Plumbe

USD 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
6 John Plumbe Jr. (1809-1857) and his circle, American.

[Daguerreotype] A Portrait from a Plumbe Studio

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
7 Jabez Hogg (1817-1899), British.

[Daguerreotype] Smiling English Gent by Hogg

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
8 Richard Beard (1801-1885), British.

[Daguerreotype] A Fine Early English Image by Beard

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
9 Anonymous, British.

[Salt Print] Photographer and His Camera

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
10 Abraham Bogardus (1822-1908), American.

[History of Photography] Two Portraits of Samuel F. B. Morse

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
11 Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), British.

[Photographic History] A Rare Salt Print Portrait of Sir. John Frederick William Herschel

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
12 Jean-Baptiste Sabatier Blot (1801-1881), French.

[Daguerreotype] He Took the Best Known Portrait of Daguerre

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
13 Anonymous, French.

[Daguerreotype - French] A Priest With Globe and Armillary Sphere

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
14 Anonymous, British.

[Ambrotype] Occupational of Man with Sextant

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
15 Augustus Washington (1820-1875), American.

[Daguerreotype] Portrait by Augustus Washington

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
16 Anonymous, American.

[Daguerreotype] Masterpiece African American Madonna

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
17 Anonymous, American.

[Tintype] Portrait of an African American and Her Daughter

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
18 Anonymous, American.

[Daguerreotype] Playing Her Guitar

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
19

[Daguerreotype] Man with Brass Horn

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
20 Anonymous, American.

[Daguerreotype] A Proud Mason

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
21 Anonymous, American.

[Daguerreotype - Mexican War Era] A Cavalry Dragoon PLUS

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
22 Anonymous, American.

[Civil War - Man with Pepperbox] Portrait of a Possible Confederate

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
23 Anonymous, American.

[Tintype - Civil War] Armed Union Private

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
24 Anonymous, American.

[Tintype] Armed Union Soldier

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
25 Mathew Brady and his circle.

[Civil War] Group Portrait of Generals of the Army of the Potomac, 1863

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
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