Tag Archives: daguerreotypes

Christie’s at it again …

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. What’s an auction house without auctions? Well our friends at Christie’s always seem to have an auction on the go. This one features photographs, like the fire engine at left, from various collections. Daguerreotypes are featured plus many other … Continue reading →

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ye gads! where are my Dags?

Posted on June 15, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Some time back (October, 1997) we had a talk by Michael Pritchard of Christie’s Auction house. Their NY branch recently announced the online auction of “The Maillet Daguerreotype Collection” with bids accepted until June 26th. The  notice was carried … Continue reading →

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Hodgkinson & Butters Early Takers

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Graham Garrett, perhaps best remembers for his research on early Canadian Daguerreotypists, researched and wrote a number of articles for Photographic Canadiana. In issue 23-3 He wrote an article on the daguerreotype photographers Hodgkinson & Butters titled, “Hodgkinson & … Continue reading →

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another view …

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Robert

  Toronto. Stereos have often been used to give a dimensional view to photos. In issue 23-3, Stan White announces a “Treasure Trove of Gorgeous Stereo Daguerreotypes Uncovered”. Stan wrote the article with ‘photographs and research by Bill Ivy’. The … Continue reading →

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Latest Daguerreian Society Quarterly Issued

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. One of our exchange organizations is the Daguerreian Society. This group recently announced their third quarterly issue for 2024. In a mail last, the contents of this issue were listed as including: Latest details on next month’s Symposium & … Continue reading →

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modern daguerreotypes

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. About seven years before our own modern daguerreotypist joined the PHSC, Ev printed an illustrated article by Robert Shlaer entitled, “PRACTICAL DAGUERREIAN IMAGERY”. An example of Mr Shlaer’s  work is shown at left. In the article Shlaer says, “It … Continue reading →

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high resolution

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. One thing a daguerreotype had going for it from the ‘get go’ was resolution. The terribly slow process was (depending on lens quality, plate, focussing, movement, etc.) always capable of very high resolution. Even today,  the existing mid 1850s … Continue reading →

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dialling for Dags

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Our friends to the south often hold fairs and auctions to market images from the beginnings of photography. They do a wonderful job for those enamoured with old photographs, especially Daguerreotypes. Their annual is a massive soft cover book … Continue reading →

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in the briny deep

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Robert

Toronto.  The BBC News for March 26, 2022 has a story titled. “SS Central America: Haunting photos recovered [in] the ‘ship of gold’ wreck on ocean floor”. The photographs that that survived the watery grave were all cased images with … Continue reading →

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in da frame

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. There are camera collectors and there are camera collectors. Over a couple of decades ago,  I analyzed the interests of our members so we could reflect the appropriate topics in our journal, and program material. At the time, about … Continue reading →

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