Comments on: A Moment In Time: Collecting Antique Photographs http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/moment-time-collecting-antique Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Letha Berry http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/moment-time-collecting-antique/comment-page-1#comment-3687 Letha Berry Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:35:20 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2483166#comment-3687 Hi Cathy, How wonderful to have such a family treasure. If your photo changes from what appears to be a positive to a negative image I think you have a daguerreotype, which is the earliest of photographs. Daguerreotypes are on polished silver plate which give them a shiny reflection like a mirror and can make the photo appear to be a negative image when viewed from different angles. The photos were sealed in the cases to protect them. To protect your treasure avoid exposing it to direct sunlight and extremes in temperature. Letha Hi Cathy,

How wonderful to have such a family treasure. If your photo changes from what appears to be a positive to a negative image I think you have a daguerreotype, which is the earliest of photographs. Daguerreotypes are on polished silver plate which give them a shiny reflection like a mirror and can make the photo appear to be a negative image when viewed from different angles. The photos were sealed in the cases to protect them.

To protect your treasure avoid exposing it to direct sunlight and extremes in temperature.

Letha

]]> By: Cathy Walsh http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/moment-time-collecting-antique/comment-page-1#comment-3672 Cathy Walsh Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:45:13 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2483166#comment-3672 Interesting. I have an old photo in a decorative leather holder. The cover on the inside has velvet to protect the photo. When viewed the picture changes to the negative. It's from about 1856 and is a piture of my great,great grandparents. There are a few spotty marks on it. Interesting. I have an old photo in a decorative leather holder. The cover on the inside has velvet to protect the photo. When viewed the picture changes to the negative.

It’s from about 1856 and is a piture of my great,great grandparents.

There are a few spotty marks on it.

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