261104 Discovery Auction: Historic Photos, CDVs & Tintypes

Updated November 1, 2026

What's in this auction

155 lots, mostly antiques & furniture (30), firearms & militaria (19), electronics & gaming (1), memorabilia & autographs (1). 155 lots have photos and 155 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $15–$250 across 155 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 4, 2026.

Highest-estimated lots

• Early 1900s Antique Arcade Photobooth Portrait... — est. $150–$250
• 1850s Pair of Sixth-Plate Daguerreotypes,... — est. $150–$250
• Circa 1875–85 Outdoor Tintype, Five Men with... — est. $100–$200
• 1850s Sixth-Plate Daguerreotype of Older Gentleman — est. $100–$200
• 1850s Sixth-Plate Daguerreotype of Young Gentleman — est. $100–$200

From the auction house

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In this auction (155 lots)

Categories: Antiques & Furniture (30) · Firearms & Militaria (19) · Electronics & Gaming (1) · Memorabilia & Autographs (1)

• Lot 1 — WWII Soldier Photograph Group, Cowboy Portraits...
• Lot 2 — 1850s–60s Ninth-Plate Ambrotype, Man in Hat,...
• Lot 3 — 1850s–60s Sixth-Plate Ambrotype of Young Man in...
• Lot 4 — 1850s–60s Graduate in Cap & Gown, Sixth-Plate...
• Lot 5 — 1850s Sixth-Plate Daguerreotype, Gentleman in...
• Lot 6 — 1850s–60s Sixth-Plate Ambrotype, Woman in...
• Lot 7 — 1850s–60s Sixth-Plate Ambrotype of Seated Boy...
• Lot 8 — 19th-Century Ninth-Plate Tintype, Stamped Brass...
• Lot 9 — 1850s–60s Sixteenth-Plate Ambrotype of Woman...
• Lot 10 — 1850s–60s Ninth-Plate Ambrotype, Young Man in...
• Lot 11 — 1850s–60s Ninth-Plate Ambrotype of Bearded...
• Lot 12 — King Oscar II Portrait Photograph in Ornamental...
• Lot 13 — 1880s Expert Tobacco Advertising Portrait Card,...
• Lot 14 — Charles Eisenmann Lavinia Warren & Magri...
• Lot 19 — 19th-Century 5 x 7 Tintype, Gentleman Standing...
• Lot 20 — 1860s J. Magill Belfast CDV, Vignette Portrait...
• Lot 21 — 1860s J. Magill Belfast CDV of Seated Gentleman
• Lot 22 — 1860s A. L. Potter Lexington CDV, Seated Man &...
• Lot 23 — Civil War Corporal & Wife CDV Pair with Pencil...
• Lot 24 — Civil War Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman...
• Lot 25 — Ira D. Sankey Gospel Singer Captioned Victorian...
• Lot 26 — 1860s Cat & Kittens Novelty CDV Photograph
• Lot 27 — 1860s Cat beside Fishbowl Novelty CDV Photograph
• Lot 28 — 1860s–70s Two CDV Portraits of Same Woman,...
• Lot 29 — 1860s Pach Brothers New York CDV of Standing Boy
• Lot 30 — 1860s The May Queen Sentimental CDV Photograph
• Lot 31 — 1860s Woman in Elaborate Light Dress,...
• Lot 32 — 1861 Longfellow's Daughters Alice, Edith & Anne...
• Lot 33 — Sir Walter Scott Victorian CDV, Kean Archives...
• Lot 34 — Henry Ward Beecher Captioned 1860s CDV Portrait
• Lot 35 — 1860s Prince of Wales & Alexandra Royal Couple CDV
• Lot 36 — Franz Lachner German Composer Captioned 1870s CDV
• Lot 37 — 19th-Century Tintype of Boy Holding Cigar...
• Lot 38 — Mary Brockway Aged 101 Years 6 Months CDV,...
• Lot 39 — Benjamin Harrison Victorian Portrait Photograph...
• Lot 40 — 1860s Tintype Copy of Boy's Portrait in Paper...
• Lot 41 — 1860s Rush Children CDV by Tyler Easton PA,...
• Lot 42 — Circa 1864 Theatrical Troupe Group CDV with...
• Lot 43 — 1860s M. Tomlinson Plainfield Indiana CDV of...
• Lot 44 — Circa 1863 M. M. Griswold Columbus Ohio CDV of...
• Lot 45 — 1860s Mathew Brady CDV of Gentleman, National...
• Lot 46 — 1864–66 Whipple Boston CDV of Woman with...
• Lot 47 — 1860s Sanctuary Deer Landscape CDV Photograph
• Lot 48 — 1866 Mother & Children Sentimental CDV Photograph
• Lot 49 — Victorian Woman beside Mirror Decorative CDV...
• Lot 50 — Circa 1865 Gilchrest Clark Boston CDV of Seated...
• Lot 51 — Nathaniel Hawthorne 1860s CDV Portrait Card
• Lot 52 — 1860s O. P. Howe Augusta Maine CDV of Standing...
• Lot 53 — Victorian The Hunter's Family Scenic CDV...
• Lot 54 — 1860s Seated Child CDV with Boston Studio Backmark
• Lot 55 — 1870s CDV of Gentleman with Elaborate Mustache...
• Lot 56 — 1860s Antlered Stag Wildlife CDV Photograph
• Lot 57 — 1864 Hand-Colored CDV, Woman in Pink Dress with...
• Lot 58 — 1860s General Nikolai Muravyov-Amursky CDV,...
• Lot 59 — 1860s Washington Irving CDV after Charles...
• Lot 60 — 1860s Empress Eugénie of France CDV Portrait
• Lot 61 — 1860s Disdéri Paris CDV of Empress Eugénie
• Lot 62 — 1860s John Bright British Politician CDV with...
• Lot 63 — 1870s CDV of Young Man in Military-Style Jacket
• Lot 64 — 19th-Century Tintype, Standing Woman with...
• Lot 65 — 1860s British Riding-Dress Gentleman CDV with...
• Lot 66 — 1871 Mina & Minnie Finley Conjoined Twins CDV...
• Lot 67 — 1860s Elder Ephraim Philbrick Identified CDV,...
• Lot 68 — 1860s J. F. Ryder Cleveland CDV of Girl...
• Lot 69 — Cross & Dimmitt Oregon Panoramic Photos,...
• Lot 70 — 1866 Presidents Washington through Buchanan...
• Lot 71 — Deadwood South Dakota 5 x 7 Albumen Portrait,...
• Lot 72 — Lester S. Hill Rhode Island Surgeon General...
• Lot 73 — Oklahoma Territory Four-Generation Family...
• Lot 74 — Mumper Gettysburg Portrait of Two Men with...
• Lot 75 — 20th Century Limited Photomatic Woman's...
• Lot 76 — Antique Military & Family Portrait Photograph...
• Lot 77 — ZZ Top Bearded Guitarist Concert Photograph, 4...
• Lot 78 — Madonna Concert Photograph, 4 x 6 Fujifilm...
• Lot 79 — Prince Concert Photograph with Guitar, 4 x 6,...
• Lot 80 — Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead Concert Photograph,...
• Lot 81 — Victorian Kansas Girl Looking in Mirror, Studio...
• Lot 82 — 19th-Century Tintype of Woman with Long Hair &...
• Lot 83 — 1860s Tintype Portrait of Young Girl with Long...
• Lot 84 — Great Depression-Era Rural Children Photograph,...
• Lot 85 — Circa 1930s Japanese Military Maintenance...
• Lot 86 — 1870s Tintype of Three Young Men with Riding...
• Lot 87 — 1870s Tintype of Two Women in Contrasting Sizes...
• Lot 88 — Lynne O'Neill Burlesque Performer Glamour...
• Lot 89 — 19th-Century Grandfather & Grandson Tintype,...
• Lot 90 — 19th-Century Two Men Tintype with Unusual...
• Lot 91 — Fort Fairfield Maine New Brick Block Real Photo...
• Lot 92 — Circa 1880s–90s New York Carriage Photo, Boy...
• Lot 93 — Victorian Tintype Portrait of Young Woman in...
• Lot 94 — Victorian Tintype of Two Women with Elaborate...
• Lot 95 — 1860s CDV of Two Sisters with Lunch Pail,...
• Lot 96 — 1860s Tintype of Seated Young Gentleman in Oval...
• Lot 97 — 1870s Family Group Tintype with Adults & Children
• Lot 98 — 1860s Hand-Tinted Girl Tintype in Oval Paper Mount
• Lot 99 — WWII Southern Railroad Baggage Car Photo with...
• Lot 100 — Meiji Japanese Child in Kimono CDV, Osaka...
• Lot 101 — Antique Cabinet Card Photo Copy of...
• Lot 102 — Victorian Annie Sutherland Actress Cabinet...
• Lot 103 — Colorado Yankee Girl Mines Railroad Photograph,...
• Lot 105 — Antique 1890s Mounted Photo Tornado Storm...
• Lot 106 — 1903 Hutchinson Kansas Flood Mounted Photo...
• Lot 107 — Antique Victorian Cabinet Card Photo Twin Young...
• Lot 108 — Antique 1890s Mounted Photo Vernon Kansas...
• Lot 109 — Early 1900s Antique Arcade Photobooth Portrait...
• Lot 110 — Antique Imperial German Navy Sailors Photo SMS...
• Lot 111 — WW2 Era Southern Pacific Railroad Baggage Car...
• Lot 112 — 1903 Garden of the Gods Balanced Rock Photo...
• Lot 113 — Victorian Tintype Photo Woman Playing Guitar...
• Lot 114 — 1890s Stanton Trilby Miniature Novelty Portrait...
• Lot 115 — Antique Hand-Tinted CDV Photo Vierländerin...
• Lot 116 — Antique Hand-Tinted CDV Photo Rättvik Swedish...
• Lot 117 — Antique Hand-Tinted CDV Photo French Béarn Folk...
• Lot 118 — Antique Hand-Tinted CDV Photo Danish Amager...
• Lot 119 — Antique Hand-Tinted CDV Photo Spanish Pyrenean...
• Lot 120 — Antique Hand-Tinted CDV Photo French Menton...
• Lot 121 — Antique Victorian Handel Composer CDV Photo...
• Lot 122 — Antique Victorian J Raine Waterfall Landscape...
• Lot 123 — 1957 Harvard–Yale & Cornell Glass Football...
• Lot 124 — 1870s Tintype of Man in Ornate Wicker Rocking...
• Lot 125 — 1870s European Sailor in Light Uniform CDV...
• Lot 126 — 1870s Cecilia Nelson Malmö CDV, Boy in Sailor Suit
• Lot 127 — 1870s S. Deex Teignmouth CDV of Ferry Captain,...
• Lot 128 — Circa 1875–85 Outdoor Tintype, Five Men with...
• Lot 129 — Victorian Two Sisters Tintype with Pink...
• Lot 130 — Victorian Reversible Novelty CDV, Faces Seen...
• Lot 131 — Valley Forge Souvenir Tintype, Group before...
• Lot 132 — Victorian Hidden Mother Baby Tintype, Small...
• Lot 133 — WWII Republic P-47 Razorback Fighters in...
• Lot 134 — 1890s Mining Photograph Pair, Interior...
• Lot 135 — 1850s Sixth-Plate Daguerreotype of Older Gentleman
• Lot 136 — 1850s Sixth-Plate Daguerreotype of Young Gentleman
• Lot 137 — 1850s Pair of Sixth-Plate Daguerreotypes,...
• Lot 138 — Celebrity Snapshot Group, Betty White, Muhammad...
• Lot 139 — Boothbay Harbor Maine Photograph Group, Twelve...
• Lot 140 — 1940s–50s Cinema Marquee Snapshot Group, The...
• Lot 141 — Antique Sportsman with Bat & Child Portrait, 7...
• Lot 142 — WWII Aircrew Group Photographs with Censor...
• Lot 143 — 1965 Vietnam War Serviceman Photograph Group,...
• Lot 144 — Victorian Tintype of Seated Girl with Long Hair
• Lot 146 — Civil War-Era Gem Tintype of Gentleman,...
• Lot 147 — Victorian Child CDV by A. H. Jones with Family...
• Lot 148 — Jacob Elias & Sarah Maria Hardenburg Identified...
• Lot 149 — WWII Soldiers Playing Dice on Combat Range...
• Lot 150 — 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing TV Photographs, Six...
• Lot 151 — WWI France Photograph Group, Five Prints,...
• Lot 152 — 1928 Old North Church Boston Interior Real...
• Lot 153 — 1971 Kidnapped Film Publicity Photographs,...
• Lot 154 — 1985 Lost in America Film Publicity Photos,...
• Lot 155 — 1977 Islands in the Stream Publicity Photos,...
• Lot 156 — WWII German POW, Officer & Equipment Photograph...
• … and 5 more lots

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