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Winter Photographic History Auction 2026

Sat, Jan 31, 2026 01:00PM EST
  2026-01-31 13:00:00 2026-01-31 13:00:00 America/New_York Michael Lehr Michael Lehr : Winter Photographic History Auction 2026 https://auction.michaellehrantiques.com/auctions/michael-lehr-antiques/winter-photographic-history-auction-2026-21839
We are pleased to present our Winter Photography Auction, opening January 31 at 1:00 PM Eastern, featuring approximately 270 individual lots spanning the full breadth of 19th- and early 20th-century photography. The sale brings together landmark historical images, rare early photographic processes, and a deep selection of vernacular material created outside the conventions of formal studio portraiture. Collectively, these works offer a direct, unfiltered record of American life, identity, conflict, labor, and memory during photography’s formative century.
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Lot 110

L. W. F. Mark Ambrotype Broadside, ca. 1850s

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

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Letterpress broadside advertising the itinerant photographic services of L. W. F. Mark, “late of Boston,” promoting ambrotypes, photographs, lettertypes, and miniature likenesses. The sheet includes a lively woodcut of a studio interior, complete with camera, sitters, and observers—an uncommon survival illustrating early public marketing of the wet-plate era.

Mark emphasizes short-term occupancy, superior German instruments, and the invitation for patrons to “sit and make changes until satisfied,” language characteristic of traveling operators in the 1850s–early 1860s. The broadside also notes casework, copying services, and the taking of post-mortem portraits at residences.

Printed on wove paper with decorative border. Minor handling and light toning; strong, clean impression overall.

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