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Something I have just bought

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MarkWarner

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Something I have just bought
« on: May 09, 2013, 11:04:39 AM »

I bought these two photo type things in a charity shop for
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narfstar

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Re: Something I have just bought
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 03:41:38 PM »

Cool stuff keep us posted
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misappear

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Re: Something I have just bought
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 11:39:00 PM »

That first one is especially haunting. 
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MarkWarner

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Re: Something I have just bought
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 10:28:53 AM »

I am glad you said that! So it's not just me ... sort of looking at you from a long time ago
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narfstar

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Re: Something I have just bought
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2013, 10:29:32 AM »

The eyes spooked me too
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Captain Audio

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Re: Something I have just bought
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2013, 06:26:00 AM »

Probably tinted Daguerreotypes .
http://www.photorestorics.com/article-308.html

Very old and likely valuable.
Probably best to donate these to a museum and get a tax break equal to the estimated value, if that's how taxes work in your country.
But who knows, they might bring a pretty penny at auction.
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