Antique Victorian Portraits Photo Album with Original Family Photographs
$89.99
Antique Victorian Portraits Photo Album with Original Family Photographs
A family photo album from another time, still holding many of its original portraits.
This substantial antique photograph album has a rust-brown cloth cover decorated with large raised gold-tone lettering spelling "PORTRAITS." Floral scrollwork surrounds the lettering, and an ornate metal clasp finishes the opening edge.
Inside are thick, aged album pages with delicate floral designs, gold-colored accents, and openings for mounted photographs.
The album contains original portraits of men, women, children, babies, and family groups. Some photographs remain in the pages, while others are loose. At least one photo space is empty.
One photograph has identifying information, but the history of the family and the identities of the other subjects are unknown.
The album and all remaining contents are being sold together, exactly as found.
Details
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Item: Antique family portrait photograph album
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Era: Likely late 1800s to early 1900s, exact date unknown
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Cover: Rust-brown cloth with raised gold-tone "PORTRAITS" decoration
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Hardware: Ornate metal clasp and decorative fittings
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Interior: Thick decorative pages with floral artwork and gold-tone borders
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Photographs: Original family, individual, and baby portraits in varying condition
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Loose photographs: Included
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Maker: Unknown
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Measurements: Approximately 10 × 9 × 3 inches
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Actual product weight: 5 lb 10 oz
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Shipping weight: 7 lb
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Quantity: One album with the photographs and materials remaining inside
Condition
Antique used condition with visible age-related wear.
The cloth cover has rubbing, fading, discoloration, and wear along the edges and spine. The raised gold-tone cover decoration remains present and prominent.
Interior pages have yellowing, handling marks, scattered staining, and some tears and wear around photograph openings. There is at least one empty photograph space.
The photographs have varying degrees of fading, discoloration, and surface wear. Some remain mounted inside the album, and others are loose.
The decorative clasp is present, but its locking operation has not been verified.
The number of album pages and photographs has not been counted. Please examine the photographs closely for the condition of the album and its contents.
A Family Story Still Waiting to Be Explored
Who were these people? Where did they live? How were they connected?
Much of their story has been lost to time, but their photographs remain together.
This album may interest collectors of antique photography, family history researchers, genealogists, and anyone who appreciates original Victorian-era photographs and albums.
The album is offered with its surviving contents intact, just as it was found.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
Returns
You have 30 days from the delivery of the last item in your order to request a return. Items must come back in the condition they were sent, so please keep the original packaging and take photos before you open a package if it arrives damaged.
To start a return, email us at the address on your order confirmation. You are responsible for return shipping, and we recommend a tracked service, since we can only refund items that arrive back to us.
Refunds are issued to the original payment method within 5 business days of the item arriving back in the condition it was sent. Original shipping charges are not refunded.
Anything marked Final Sale cannot be returned.
Cancellations
You can cancel any order until it has been fulfilled. Once an order ships, please use the return process above.
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Questions buyers ask
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Every listing spells it out and shows it in photos. Chips, hairlines, crazing, worn plating, old repairs. If I did not mention it, it is not there.
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Yes. Every photo is the actual piece, taken by me. When it sells, it is gone.
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I note maker, mark, era, and measurements when I can confirm them, and say so plainly when I cannot. Unmarked pieces get dated by what the piece itself shows.
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I process your order within 1 business day, wrapped and boxed so it arrives the way it left here. Don't forget, free shipping on orders $35 and up.
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