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Amazing Price for a piece of paper

June 19 2010 by RF Cookson (287 views)
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An eBay auction has just finished fo a Carte de Visite fetching £265. Can anyone identify it? It was captioned "Victorian SUSSEX MILL FARM + Windmill c.1860s" and a fuller description mentions a couple of possibel sites

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ANTIQUE ENGLISH CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPH: West Sussex''

Stunning early farming scene original albumen photo. Excellent clarity & contrast... clearer in person even than scan indicates. This is likely to be either Fishbourne House Farm, OR Court Barn Farm, Birdham. Both were run by members of the FARNE family, and both heads of household were listed as millers in the census records: Charles & William Farne respectively. The latter was by 1881 farming 120 acres, & employing 9 men & 1 boy!

SIZE: approx. 2.5 x 4 inches

STUDIO: J. Russell & Sons, East Street, Chichester

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Wed, June 23, 2010

This photograph shows the wind and watermill at West Ashling, Sussex. There is a photo taken from about the same angle in Martin Brunnnarius' book.

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Wed, June 23, 2010

Thanks Russell
Gareth Hughes commented on our Facebook page that he was the under-bidder

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