[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...
Antique photography opens a door to the past and gives us a glimpse into the lives of people who walked the earth before we did. There are as many reasons to collect the different varieties of antique photos...
TAX STAMPS ON ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY You've seen them on the occasional carte de visite cdv image or tintype or even ambrotype or daguerreotype. They look like postage stamps. They may have initials scrawled on...
What is a cdv photo? Those three letters are an acronym for the French carte de visite or visiting card. This style of antique photography took over in popularity from the daguerreotype or ambrotype of the...
How do I know if a photograph is a Daguerreotype, an ambrotype or another type of photograph altogether? GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPH TYPES (listed alphabetically) INDEX OF TYPES COVERED HERE (Details follow): Albumen...
The dimensions of the standard Cabinet Card are 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches or in metric measurements 16.5 x 11.4 cm. Card stock is thicker than the carte de visite with earlier cards being made of Bristol Board...
Part II - History of pens and photographs and further informations how you could educate yourself. Further forgeries Shaky Writing Signatures are usually written in a few seconds and this should be...
In the scheme of things the invention of the "photograph" (not quite the term used back in the day) was not that long ago. However in a very short time incredible changes have taken place and the photographs...