Vincent Chevalier Camera Obscura
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€18,000
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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_34517
Starting Price €5,000
Estimate € 8.000 – 10.000
Estimate € 8.000 – 10.000
Condition : B/A
Manufacture Year : c.1823
Manufacture Year : c.1823
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Vincent Chevalier Camera Obscura
early, historically important camera obscura, made by Vincent Chevalier (father of the Charles Chevalier and co-inventor of the first Daguerreotype camera), a camera obscura was used by artistic painters to quickly draw sketches, with parts of original tripod (original height c.170cm, legs shortened for display purposes by previous owner) and in excellent original condition, less than 10 examples are known to exist in the world today
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