John Brown Photograph Sells for $97,750
Published December 8th, 2007
A rare daguerreotype of abolitionist John Brown was sold on Friday to an unidentified bidder for $97,750, an auctioneer said.
The buyer, who bid by telephone, declined to be identified or to talk about the purchase, auctioneer Wes Cowan said.
Cowan, anlappraiser on the PBS show “Antiques Roadshow” and host of the public television series “History Detectives,” had estimated a sale price of $60,000 to $80,000.
“It’s the most important photograph we’ve handled in our 13 years of existence,” he said.
Experts say probably no more than a half dozen original daguerreotypes exist of the man best known for his 1859 raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
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