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<p>[QUOTE="Jerry Coker, post: 3681988, member: 18802"]Thanks for all the replies, feedback & the link (very helpful link!). Much appreciated! This morning I ended up removing all the photos from these cases, starting w/ the worst condition photo just in case. All 5 photos ended up being tin types as suspected. I didn't know tin types were sometimes put in these kind of cases. I assume these specific cases were originally designed for daguerreotypes or ambrotypes, and maybe the family eventually put tin types in them. I bought them off eBay w/ some cdv's. Can you recommend a daguerreotype collector/seller to buy a daguerreotype photo? I'd like to have a reasonably inexpensive one just to see what it looks like, for the future if I decide to collect a few. eBay feels a bit like the wild west right now, for buying daguerreotypes, as I've seen wording & photos that don't seem to be accurate from what little I know about these old photos. Also, I use binders w/ archival quality Ultra Pro plastic pages for protecting some of my old baseball cards. Can I use those same Ultra Pro pages for protecting/storing my cdv's, and maybe even the tin types that fit? Thanks again for all information, photos, etc. I really appreciate it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jerry Coker, post: 3681988, member: 18802"]Thanks for all the replies, feedback & the link (very helpful link!). Much appreciated! This morning I ended up removing all the photos from these cases, starting w/ the worst condition photo just in case. All 5 photos ended up being tin types as suspected. I didn't know tin types were sometimes put in these kind of cases. I assume these specific cases were originally designed for daguerreotypes or ambrotypes, and maybe the family eventually put tin types in them. I bought them off eBay w/ some cdv's. Can you recommend a daguerreotype collector/seller to buy a daguerreotype photo? I'd like to have a reasonably inexpensive one just to see what it looks like, for the future if I decide to collect a few. eBay feels a bit like the wild west right now, for buying daguerreotypes, as I've seen wording & photos that don't seem to be accurate from what little I know about these old photos. Also, I use binders w/ archival quality Ultra Pro plastic pages for protecting some of my old baseball cards. Can I use those same Ultra Pro pages for protecting/storing my cdv's, and maybe even the tin types that fit? Thanks again for all information, photos, etc. I really appreciate it![/QUOTE]
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