How do I know if a photograph is a Daguerreotype, an ambrotype or another type of photograph altogether? GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPH TYPES (listed alphabetically) INDEX OF TYPES COVERED HERE (Details follow): Albumen...
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE IS TO INFORM FOLKS THAT EVERY IMAGE FOUND IN A CASE IS NOT A DAGUERREOTYPE.....SOME CASES WERE LEATHER, SOME A HARD PLASTIC NOT GUTTA PERCHA AS SO MISTAKENLY CALLED BY MANY...THE...
I see a trend now,more often than not,of sellers removing the daguerreotype plate from it's protective case and either photographing it or scanning it. Please do not do this. It ruins the plate. A scratch on a...
[Note: Your comments and corrections are very welcome!]Below are some brief tips for correctly identifying some of the antique photographs most commonly found for sale on eBay, along with a bit of history and...
I have of late noticed a very disturbing trend...let me explain ! daguerreotypes are delicate images which, when so much as touched by a finger can be ruined forever...they are a pictorial part of our history...
Every antique American photograph is a fascinating piece of our history, an image of long-lost people, places and things, miraculously surviving into the present day. Searching eBay's offerings, you might find...
Antique photography opens a door to the past and gives us a glimpse into the lives of people who walked the earth before we did. There are as many reasons to collect the different varieties of antique photos...
Preserve those ambrotypes , daguerreotypes , cabinet cards ,tintypes , and cdv images for the next 150 years! These photographs have survived many years of storage and handling. But images are delicate, and...
The early forms of photography differed greatly from the modern forms of photography that people see and use today. Aside from photographs being printed in black and white, they were also captured on various...
