Victorian Photos on Glass in Blue Velvet FramesCharming pair of Victorian photographs of a husband and wife in their original blue velvet frames. They look like carte de visites on paper, but when I opened them up I discovered the photos are on curved glass ovals. Both frames contain a handwritten receipt from the Egyptian Crystal Photo co, and the womans photo was framed with a rather humorous note from the photographer: He apologizes for the spot on the womans forehead, a flaw that occurred in

Alice Neel

Stanley Burns of the Burns Archive

Condition is excellent with no chips or cracks

5” tall and about 9” at their widest

If you’re planning an engagement

Currier & Ives

but once you do

Some truly fabulous architectural salvage: Two antique cast iron panels from a fence with a serpent (or dragon) motif beneath a lit torch

Refer to photos for size and condition: The albumen print is in good shape but the cabinet card has been trimmed

Genuine Victorian black & white engraving of bats from a natural history book presented in a contemporary black acrylic frame

and the clasp is still intact

There’s an amusing tale about a girl who takes shelter in a Hearse House during a thunder storm