Featured 1851-53 Daguerreotype of Our Neighborhood

* Author's Disclaimer Affidavit-I do not own this piece.Didn't find this at a Thrift,Charity,GW,Dumpster or while having my drains Roto-Rooted.

Here's a pic of our neighborhood possibly taken by daguerreotypist L.H. Wakefield between 1851-53.
I was tempted,but at an offering price of $95,000.00,politely demurred.

 

That is fabulous. Hope it finds the home it deserves.

Debora

 

It would be wonderful if it ended up in our local history museum,but LOL-they're generally always half-broke.Great image though.I'm happy w/ my laser copy though (& not having a 2nd mortgage !).

 

I found it online after seeing your post. The seller is somebody from whom I purchased something a long time ago (a much lower level photographic item than that one). Seller tends to price high, but has good merchandise as I recall.

 

I remember him selling on Ebay 20+ years ago.He used to collect early post-mortem images,hence his nickname 'Thanatos'.

 

Willamette Falls, after more than a century of being a toxic industrial site, may finally be on the path to restoration.

https://www.grandronde.org/press-media/project-updates/willamette-falls-project/

 

Potter-I hope I live long enough to at least see the River Walk finished.

 

Wow,that’s quite a price!

 

Yep it's $$$$$-He's been buying/selling at least since the early days of Ebay & probably has a decent inventory.
Ebay's an interesting way to advertise choice pieces-you just items forever !
PS-I'm no expert,can you simply list items for years waiting for your ship to come in ?

 

I've seen that happen.....

 

It's great cheap way to market an item,some of these pieces never seem to leave.

 

but it can also kill the item.....
it just sits there , with many watchers.....price going down...then up....then down....
or even the same price ........and it sits.....

 

It's a weird strategy. I get an Email whenever something shows up w/ my search parameters-3/4trs of the time it's the same item (or multiple thereof).