VALÉRY Photo-Étui-Jumelle
LOT
476
476
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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_27_31663
Starting Price €6,000
Estimate € 10.000 – 12.000
Estimate € 10.000 – 12.000
Condition : B
Manufacture Year : c.1892
Manufacture Year : c.1892
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VALÉRY Photo-Étui-Jumelle
Detective camera disguised as a binocular case. Patented in 1891 by Franck Valéry. The formed sheet-metal body is covered with leather. To use the camera, you open the cover of the “binocular case” and spread the two sides apart. Two knee-struts hold the back open and accept a film holder. Rapid Rectilinear lens, non-self-capping guillotine shutter. This is one of the rarest of the disguised cameras. They were made for only a short time, with limited success. Very few examples have survived. The leather shows signs of age typical for this camera - ex Jim McKeown Collection
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