THE DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

Symposium Auction
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�e Daguerreian Society
Annual Bene�t Auction
November 14 at the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Main Line
LIVE AUCTION
Lot 1: AN EXOTIC WOMAN. Donation: Helder Costa. A quarter plate daguerreotype
of an exotic-looking woman, with dangling earrings and �ngerless gloves (mitts),
reading an open book. Note the implement in her hand. NO RESERVE. SOLD for $60.
Lot 2: ELDERLY WOMAN BY WILLIAMSON AND OTHER PORTRAITS. �is lot,
out of Philadelphia, consists of 5 daguerreotypes and 1 ambrotype in a thermoplastic
Union case. �is lot would also be revitalized by new glass. (All are daguerreotypes
unless indicated otherwise.) 1) Sixth plate of a bonneted elderly lady. Stamped in brass
mat “C. H. WILLIAMSON, BROOKLYN, NY.” 2) Sixth plate woman with red bow
looking le�. 3) Sixth plate of handsome man. 4)) Sixth plate of slender young woman
with bow. 5) Sixth plate ambrotype of a baby in a crisp, very good �oral motif Union case.
6) Ninth plate of a bow-tied boy with �nger pointed. NO RESERVE. SOLD for $160.
Lot 3: RED CASES HOLDING QUARTER PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES. A pair
of quarter plate daguerreotypes in red cases. One with an oversized mat. �ese red
cases are highly unusual and are of di�erent sizes. �ey were probably from portrait
miniatures and were adapted to daguerreotypes at the time. �e smaller case features
a girl. �e second daguerreotype features the same girl with her little sister. NO
RESERVE. SOLD for $550.
Lot 4: SISTERS. A charming half plate daguerreotype of sisters, one with a gold cross,
the other with a red coral necklace. Both lean on the same table. NO RESERVE. SOLD
for $300.
Lot 5: THE BATES AND ISABEL LOWRY COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC
BOOKS. Over 250 books, many desirable and out-of-print, with their personal notations
and references. �e entire collection was sold as one lot!!!
Bates Lowry was an art historian who was founding
director of the National Building Museum in Washington
and served as director of the Museum of Modern Art
in New York. Over the years, Dr. Lowry held teaching
positions at the University of Chicago, the Institute of
Fine Arts at New York University, Pomona College,
Brown University, the University of Massachusetts, and
the University of Delaware. His publications include
�e Visual Experience, Renaissance Architecture, and
Building a National Image: Architectural Drawings for
the American Democracy.
Isabel Barrett Lowry was an independent researcher
and photographer, and the executive director of the
Dunlap Society, an organization devoted to education
in, and the appreciation of, American art.
�e Lowrys had an extensive collection of native and
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