February 2025 Auction

Lot #48:

Four tiny tintype buttons of women.

#48. Four tiny tintype buttons of women set in metal with brass rim. Tintype is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion, the subject had to sit unmoving for a very long time during the exposure. NBS Small (3/8")