1/2 PLATE AMBROTYPE OF TWO IDENTIFIED BROTHERS FROM GOLD RUSH ERA ONE HOLDING GOLD NUGGET AND MINERS PICK CIRCA 1860s.

1/2 PLATE AMBROTYPE OF TWO IDENTIFIED BROTHERS FROM GOLD RUSH ERA ONE HOLDING GOLD NUGGET AND MINERS PICK CIRCA 1860s. Purportedly these two brothers names are Keast they are from Penzance, Cornwall, England, and traveled to the California gold rush diggings in the early 1850s, made their fortune and returned home in the 1860s. The brother on left is wearing a great stove pipe top hat, holding a pipe in left hand, and wearing gold rings on both hands. Around his waist he has a huge gold nugget watch fob & chain. The brother on right is wearing slouch type hat, has longhair and full beard. He is also wearing a gold miners striped shirt, with fancy colored gold poke? around waist. Brother on right is leaning on gold miners pick showing the other brother a large gold nugget, as they both stare intently at it. Great large format for ambrotype. This early ambro is housed in leather covered wooden case with tin frame. SIZE: Photograph approximately 4-3/4” x6-1/2”, case 5-1/4” x 7”. CONDITION: Ambro has small clear spots on back. Leather case is separated, and has heavy wear. 4-87597 (10,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2444	$0.00	1/2 PLATE AMBROTYPE OF TWO IDENTIFIED BROTHERS FROM GOLD RUSH ERA ONE HOLDING GOLD NUGGET AND MINERS PICK CIRCA 1860s. Purportedly these two brothers names are Keast they are from Penzance, Cornwall, England, and traveled to the California gold rush diggings in the early 1850s, made their fortune and returned home in the 1860s. The brother on left is wearing a great stove pipe top hat, holding a pipe in left hand, and wearing gold rings on both hands. Around his waist he has a huge gold nugget watch fob & chain. The brother on right is wearing slouch type hat, has longhair and full beard. He is also wearing a gold miners striped shirt, with fancy colored gold poke? around waist. Brother on right is leaning on gold miners pick showing the other brother a large gold nugget, as they both stare intently at it. Great large format for ambrotype. This early ambro is housed in leather covered wooden case with tin frame. SIZE: Photograph approximately 4-3/4” x6-1/2”, case 5-1/4” x 7”. CONDITION: Ambro has small clear spots on back. Leather case is separated, and has heavy wear. 4-87597 (10,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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