Daguerreotype
Sliding Box Camera with
early Landscape Lens by »Voigtländer &
Sohn«,
c. 1852
The only known wooden
sliding box camera worldwide!
Size: 10 x 13 x 19 ⅓
in.
Ground glass (6 ¼ x 8 ½ in.) in wooden frame with sliding door. Very
early landscape lens in typical French daguerreotype style! Spectacular
classic exhibition piece of highest level of photo historical importance!
Estimate: 40,000/50,000
US$ 62,000/77,500
Reserve: 27,500/US$ 41,850
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