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Auction Info

Auction Name
The Maillet Daguerreotype Collection, Online
Auction Date
06/26/2025 - 06/26/2025
Sale Number
#24192
Total Lots
265
Sold Lots
254
Lots Sold
95.85%
Unsold Lots
11
Total Sales (USD)
1,618,720.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
846,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,265,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,384,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,088,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
77.50%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
123 ROBERT CORNELIUS (1809-1893)

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1840-41

c. 1840-41 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 60,480.00
105 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Use of Hydraulics at a California Gold Mine, c. 1851

c. 1851 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 44,100.00
37 ALBERT STAPFER

Chateau de Talcy, 14 October 1840

1840 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 40,320.00
53 FRANCIS H. GRICE

Group Lot of Twenty-One Portraits, c. 1845

c. 1845 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 40,320.00
100 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

California Gold Mining Camp, c. 1850

c. 1850 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 37,800.00
25 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Portrait of a Young Actor, Believed to be John Wilkes Booth, Wearing a Shakespearean Costume, c. 1855.

c. 1855. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 35,280.00
42 FRANCISCO DE LEYGONIER (1812-1880)

Two Matadors, c. 1848

c. 1848 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
103 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

California Gold Mining Operations with Numerous Miners Present and Engaged in Work, c. 1850

c. 1850 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
87 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Western Exploration, c. 1850

c. 1850 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 32,760.00
4 SAMUEL F.B. MORSE (1791-1872)

Portrait of a Young Man, 1839

1839 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 32,760.00
20 SOUTHWORTH & HAWES (1843-1863)

Medallion of a Young Woman, c.1850

c.1850 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,760.00
48 W.G. HELSBY (1828-1891)

City of Valparaiso, Chile, 1857

1857 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,240.00
13 JEAN GABRIEL EYNARD (1775-1863)

Beaulieu Manor, Geneve, c. 1845

c. 1845 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,240.00
122 ROBERT CORNELIUS (1809-1893)

Portrait of a Youth, c. 1839

c. 1839 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 30,240.00
97 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

California Gold Mining Camp and Operations, c. 1850

c. 1850 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 30,240.00
93 WILLIAM C. MAYHEW

View of Fort Gibson and a Portrait of General William Goldsmith Belknap, Commander of Fort Gibson, c.1850

c.1850 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,720.00
43 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Group Lot of Two Views of the Port of Bastia, Corsica, c. 1845

c. 1845 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 25,200.00
54 PLATT D. BABBITT (1822--1879)

Babbitt's Pavilion Covered in Snow, Niagara, c. 1850

c. 1850 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 25,200.00
30 UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Schooner at Dock with Men on Rigging, Great Lakes, 1854

1854 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 25,200.00
44 ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES DEFOREST FREDRICKS (1823-1894)

City Hall, Havana, Cuba, c. 1855

c. 1855 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,200.00

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