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...

Camera According to U.S. Pat. 1527285

Jul 24, 2025

Camera According to U.S. Pat. 1527285, 1920 onwards Starting bid: € 900 | Estimate: € 2.000 – 3.000 The patent originates from Austrian citizen Karl W. Thalhammer of Los Angeles, USA. According to the patent, he designed a multi-use camera for the motion picture...