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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: HOLLYJEANNE on February 26, 2014, 01:16:39 pm
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Greetings,
Curious to know if glass negatives are of any value? Have a few crates of them, not quite sure who they are of, there are some of buildings also.
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It depends a great deal on the subject matter and the historical value as well as the photographer if known. Look for military, industrial, native american, old west. sports, advertising, landscapes and nature to name a several good subjects. Portraits of unknown regular people are not as desirable. A huge collection of Ansul Adams glass negatives was discovered years ago used to build a greenhouse. They were extremely valuable. You never know what you may have there. You need to look at every single one. I am very interested to know what you find. You may have some real history there.
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We would all like to know what they are !! Where are you located and where did you get these negatives ??
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HollyJeane, if you find one in there authenicated to be of the outlaw Billy the Kid then your retirement problems are solved. ;D ;D ;D
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Did you see where a tin type of him was sold Cogar ??
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Yes, over $1 mil, right? And you know you have the original "original" if you have the negative.
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I would like to see a pic or two. There is actually a type of photo process on glass called Ambrotype.
http://www.phototree.com/id_amb.htm
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I just wish this person would come back !!