Images submitted by a prominent collector of contemporary daguerreotypes have been added to the Collector’s gallery

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A private collector has sent in 6 images of some of his collection of 15 contemporary daguerreotypes. All of the instant family heirlooms are by Mike Robinson and taken of the past 10 years. The images have been added to the collector’s gallery.

A find at the recent Daguerreian society meeting has expanded the date range of Ken Nelson’s collection of post daguerreian era images. Also now in the collectors’ gallery it is a sixth-plate image on a plate manufactured in the 1850’s but the image dating from the 1890’s, signed on the paper tape seal. According to Romer (History of photography vol 1, No. 1, July 1977) and other sources, Steffens was a premier Chicago photographer who briefly revived the daguerreotype in his studio between 1890 and 1900. He used vintage plates and equipment, but apparently took advantage of electricity for his buffing wheels.

Adding to the collectors’ gallery and looking very vintage is a copy daguerreotype from 1941 by Ray Phillips and a stereo image by David Burder of Lacock village where Daguerre’s contemporary, WHF Talbot, resided.