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LOT 189

Lot 189

Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865

Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865
Lot 189 Details
Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865

impessed red leather bound containing 96 cards including Chang and Eng Bunker, General Tom Thumb, Lord Brougham, Lord Derby, Lord Palmerstone, Benjamin Disraeli, Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo, Jefferson Davis, Rosa Bonheur, General Giuseppe Garibaldi, Helena Saville Faucit (Lady Martin), Thérèse Tietjens, Camillo Benso (Count of Cavour), Prince George (Duke of Cambridge), Albert Edward (Prince of Wales), Lajos Kossuth, Giulia Grisi, Marietta Alboni, Carlo Marochetti, Viscount and Vicountess Palmerston, Emperor and Emress of Austria, Florence Nightingale, Francis Charteris-10th Earl of Wemyss, Mrs. Yelverton, John Leech, Edward Askew Sothern as Lord Dundeary, Adelina Patti, Austin Henry Layard, Duchess of Kent with Princess Alice, Victoria-Princess Royal, Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, Prince of Hesse, Prince and Princess of Leiningen, Charles Kean, Ellen Kean, Colin Campbell-1st Baron Clyde, Duleep Singh, Queen Victoria, etc.
6 x 9.5 in — 15.2 x 24.1 cm

Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $2,160
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865
  • Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865
  • Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865
  • Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865
  • Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865
  • Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865
  • Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865

CONDITION DETAILS

Cards in good shape. Album with some exterior ward and missing one brass clasp.

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  • 5 Stars: Excellent - No discernable damage, flaws or imperfections
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  • 2 Stars: Fair - Exhibits flaws or damage that may draw the eye under standard lighting
  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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