Freeman's | Hindman: Daguerreian Society Annual Benefit Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Daguerreian Society Annual Benefit Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 77,185.00 |
| Auction Date | September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 38,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #6456 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 58,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 77 | ||
| Sold Lots | 73.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 46,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.81% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 69,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 111.54% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] Masterpiece African American Madonna |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 | |
| 21 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype - Mexican War Era] A Cavalry Dragoon PLUS |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 30 | Platt D. Babbitt (1822-1879), America. | [Ambrotype] Whole Plate of a Scenic Wonder |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 13 | Anonymous, French. | [Daguerreotype - French] A Priest With Globe and Armillary Sphere |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,600.00 | |
| 33 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype and Tintypes] A Dog, a Cat, a Chicken.....A Group of Seven Images |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 54 | Titian Peale (1799-1885), American. | [Stereograph - Amateur Exchange Club] Titian Peale |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 37 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotypes] A Rare Daguerreian Mirror |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,300.00 | |
| 31 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] The Fish Head |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 63 | Anonymous, American. | [Albumen Photograph] The Watermelon Eaters |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 950.00 | |
| 17 | Anonymous, American. | [Tintype] Portrait of an African American and Her Daughter |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 900.00 | |
| 40 | Marcus Aurelius Root (1808-1888), American. | [Daguerreotype] Jenny Lind "The Swedish Nightingale" |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 800.00 | |
| 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 | USD 750.00 | |
| 39 | Irving Pobboravsky (1933-2018), American. | [Daguerreotype - Contemporary] "The Print Studio" |
USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 55 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] The Thespian |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 9 | Anonymous, British. | [Salt Print] Photographer and His Camera |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 700.00 | |
| 18 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] Playing Her Guitar |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 700.00 | |
| 61 | Thomas Appleton (1828-1912), British. | [Ambrotypes] Child with Dog and Camera, a Pair |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 7 | Jabez Hogg (1817-1899), British. | [Daguerreotype] Smiling English Gent by Hogg |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 10 | Abraham Bogardus (1822-1908), American. | [History of Photography] Two Portraits of Samuel F. B. Morse |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 42 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] Portrait of a Man with Bottle Curls |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 43 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotypes] A Pair of "Magic Background" Daguerreotypes |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 56 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] What a Pram! |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 62 | Anonymous, probably Chinese or British. | [China - Early Shanghai] Photographer's Studios |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 71 | Three Ethnic Women sixth-plate daguerreotypes. | [Daguerreotypes] Three Images of Ethnic Women |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 19 | [Daguerreotype] Man with Brass Horn |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 550.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
