Alphonse Giroux 'Photo Magie' Wet-Plate Camera
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510
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This item is subject to margin scheme taxation and the premium is 24% if it remains in the EU
Product number:
AI_30_34520
Starting Price €7,000
Estimate € 12.000 – 15.000
Estimate € 12.000 – 15.000
Condition : B-
Manufacture Year : c.1856
Manufacture Year : c.1856
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Alphonse Giroux 'Photo Magie' Wet-Plate Camera
very early 4x6" wet-plate box camera, beautiful outfit with three original labelled bottles for chemicals, glass plates (some of them with partially visible photos), the camera is equipped with simple one-element lens with shutter cap, both camera and the box bear an attractive original sticker 'Photo Magie', the camera back door hides an example photograph, the box is labelled inside 'Maison A. Giroux, Paris', an extremely rare and unique outfit from the early years of photography
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