Mars 99 Mod. III

Jul 24, 2025

Mars 99 Mod. III, c. 1899 Starting bid: € 500 | Estimate: € 1.000 – 1.500 Emil Wünsche, Dresden. Technically sophisticated plate box camera no. 4349 for 9 x 12 cm. The lens and shutter are retractable as a large brass tube for focusing (Gebr. Musterschutz...

Stereo Detective Camera by E. Suter

Jul 24, 2025

Stereo Detective Camera by E. Suter, c. 1897 Starting bid: € 1.100 | Estimate: € 1.600 – 2.400 E. Suter, Basel, Switzerland. No. 1693, plate format 9 x 18 cm, sliding box camera with built-in magazine, Rectilinear lenses no. 20129, rotary inter-lens shutter with...

Camera with Unknown Spread-and-Fold Principle

Jul 24, 2025

Camera with Unknown Spread-and-Fold Principle, c. 1890 Starting bid: € 600 | Estimate: € 900 – 1.200 Presumed to be from France or Germany. For 9 x 12 cm plates, the walnut case is beveled at the top, the barrel base is only two-thirds the normal length, and the...

Dissolve Magic Lantern

Jul 24, 2025

Dissolve Magic Lantern, c. 1870 Starting bid: € 1.200 | Estimate: € 2.000 – 3.000 According to the label: “Sidney Herbert, maker, 22 Milk Street, Boston, USA”. Reddish-brown wood, meticulously crafted for two adjacent magic lanterns for 88 mm high...

Plank’s Improved Pantoscope “Favorit”

Jul 24, 2025

Plank’s Improved Pantoscope “Favorit”, 1903 Starting bid: € 800 | Estimate: € 1.600 – 2.400 Ernst Plank, Nuremberg. Viewing device for images up to 22 cm in side length. Designed by Carl Bourdon of Kassel, Germany. (DRP 99845). Sheet metal...