200-lot auction sees rare daguerreotype sell for three times estimate

January 16, 2013 | Antique Trader Antiques Auction News | Leave a reply

Important Civil War chess board featuring identified portraits of Civil War personalities, generals, presidents, politicians, writers, and poets, to include: Zac Taylor, Millard Fillmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, beardless Abraham Lincoln sold for $1,400. (Photo courtesy Kaminski Auctions)

Two daguerrotypes of President Abraham Lincoln, including a rare period copy daguerrotype of a “beardless” Lincoln, exceeds estimates, in 200-lot auction. Read More +