Malling-Hansen Writing Ball

Malling-Hansen “Writing Ball”, 1867 Starting bid: € 50.000 | Estimate: € 65.000 – 100.000 The world’s first commercially produced typewriter, designed by Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835-1890), Copenhagen, Denmark. With hemisphere of 54...

Large Pancratic Dissecting Microscope

Large Pancratic Dissecting Microscope, c. 1840 Starting bid: € 750 | Estimate: € 1.500 – 2.000 Georges Oberhäuser, Paris, No. 794, limb engraved on both sides “Georges Oberhaeuser, Ingenieur Opticien, breveté, Place Dauphine, 19 Paris” and...

Boston American Index Typewriter

Boston American Index Typewriter, 1886 Starting bid: € 15.000 | Estimate: € 18.000 – 25.000 First patented by Daniel Edgar Kempster in 1884, then further developed and produced by the Boston Type-Writer Company, large typewheel, upper- and lower-case characters,...

Hodres Camera

Hodres Camera, c. 1935 Starting bid: € 1.400 | Estimate: € 1.700 – 2.000 Hans Hodres, Munich. Handheld camera for 35mm films in 30m cassettes, 3 lenses in quick-change mount: Astro Berlin Pan-Tachar 2.3/35mm, Pan-Tachar 2.3/50mm and Pan-Tachar 2.3/75mm (all...

Ernemann E

Ernemann E, c. 1917 Starting bid: € 1.400 | Estimate: € 1.800 – 2.200 Ernemann, Dresden. Camera for 35mm films in two metal cassettes (in the camera). Lens: Ernemann Ernostar 2/5cm no. 154520, glass clean under point light. Driven by handcrank (not available)....