{"id":33905,"date":"2026-04-07T01:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=33905"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:45:29","slug":"taking-a-shine-to-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/taking-a-shine-to-things\/","title":{"rendered":"taking a shine to things"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33907\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shoe-shine-lot-47.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33907\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33907\" src=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shoe-shine-lot-47-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lot 47 tintype from Capitol Gallery online auction ending April 8, 2026 at 10 pm (or so)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. Image collectors have a wide range of sources available for unusual old images. At left is what seems to be a tintype of a youngster polishing shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The image is tagged as <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/?page_id=1149\">lot 47<\/a> in the<a href=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/\"> Capitol Gallery<\/a>&#8216;s Spring Auction (West Virginia), which ends around 10 pm on April 8th. Online bids are accepted.<\/p>\n<p>This is a chance for collectors to look over the offerings and add to their collection. To see the catalogue, <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/?page_id=826\">click here<\/a> and then click the choice of image type. Each listing shows a photo of the image, its lot number, and its estimated value (and the latest bid).<\/p>\n<p>Once again, a sister organization (<a href=\"https:\/\/daguerreiansociety.org\/\">The Daguerrian Society<\/a>) announced the Capitol Gallery auction.<\/p>\n<p>Those uneasy about cross border events can do well to visit our 2026 events here in the big smoke. A couple of up and coming events are <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/by-popular-demand\/\">Spring Auction<\/a> on May 3rd and the Spring Fair on May 24th. As the dates approach, we will pin a poster and details to the top of this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. Image collectors have a wide range of sources available for unusual old images. At left is what seems to be a tintype of a youngster polishing shoes. The image is tagged as lot 47 in the Capitol Gallery&#8216;s Spring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/taking-a-shine-to-things\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[500,399,34,105,400,14,30,279],"class_list":["post-33905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-accessories","tag-auction","tag-cameras","tag-digital","tag-fair","tag-film","tag-images","tag-lenses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33909,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33905\/revisions\/33909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}