Poe Daguerreotype Sells at Sotheby’s for $150,000
At $10,859 per square inch, William A. Pratt is seriously commanding the moolah for his work. A 1849 quarter-plate copy daguerreotype of poet Edgar Allan Poe sold at Sotheby’s on 10-17-2006 for $150,000 against a $30-50,000 estimate.
Considering that this is the second image of Poe to appear at auction in over 100 years, I’m frankly surprised that this portrait didn’t claim a higher bounty.
Incidentally, I’m available to make copy daguerreotypes for museums and private collections. Perhaps I will start charging by the square inch. That seems to have worked for Sotheby’s.
-Jonathan
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