The 170-year-old photos snapped or collected by the influential art critic are some of the earliest of Venice . They have been confirmed as daguerreotypes belonging to Ken after being purchased at an auction in Cumbria . Daguerreotype , the first announced photographic process , involves images developed on a polished metal plate . Collection of daguerreotypes were purchased by collectors and historians Ruskin and Jenny Jacobson . They later confirmed their suspicion that the images belonged to Ken and have co-authored a new book . A bidding war with another collector raised the price to £75,000 from the original estimate of just £80 .
The 170-year-old photos snapped or collected by the influential art critic are some of the earliest of Venice . They have been confirmed as daguerreotypes belonging to Ruskin after being purchased at an auction in Cumbria . Daguerreotype , the first announced photographic process , involves images developed on a polished metal plate . Collection of daguerreotypes were purchased by collectors and historians Ken and Jenny Jacobson . They later confirmed their suspicion that the images belonged to Ruskin and have co-authored a new book . A bidding war with another collector raised the price to £75,000 from the original estimate of just £80 .