[Note: Your comments and corrections are very welcome!]Below are some brief tips for correctly identifying some of the antique photographs most commonly found for sale on eBay, along with a bit of history and...
In vintage photography the most misused terms are CDV ad cabinet card photos. A CDV is always approximately 2.5 by 4" by its very nature from its name, Carte de Visite, meaning visitng card and thus the size....
Every antique American photograph is a fascinating piece of our history, an image of long-lost people, places and things, miraculously surviving into the present day. Searching eBay's offerings, you might find...