Sold for:
$420
$420
Two Early Photography Occupational Images of Men with Tools, a sixth-plate tintype of a man holding a saw and carpenter's square, and a ninth-plate ambrotype of a man holding a goose wing broad axe, (reportedly Pennsylvania), both in pressed-paper cases, ninth-plate with spots of emulsion loss, case split). Note: The man holding the broadaxe is reportedly John Sauers (1795-1884), who worked as a blacksmith and resided in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He served in the war of 1812 in a Maryland unit under Captain George Shryock.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
