Carlo Ponti 'Pontioscopio'
LOT
691
691
Hammer Price
€6,600
incl. Buyer's Premium
This item is subject to margin scheme taxation and the premium is 24% if it remains in the EU
Product number:
AI_12_20533
Starting Price €5,000
Estimate € 8.000 – 10.000
Estimate € 8.000 – 10.000
Condition : B+
Manufacture Year : 1865
Manufacture Year : 1865
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Carlo Ponti 'Pontioscopio'
extremely rare stereo graphoscope made by Carlo Ponti in Venice, collapsible wooden construction folds to 40x75x15cm, exceptionally large magnification lens with a diameter of 25cm with a rotating wooden mask which allows to change the format form portrait to landscape, beneath the large lens is a stereoscopic viewer, inscribed on the front “Pontioscopio", sliding card holder in the shape of a height adjustable easel. Comes together with a scarce tissue photography by Ponti showing the Palais des Tuileries in Paris.
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