Photograph a Verres
Combines by Charles Chevalier, 1848, $50,230.
Focus on
Early Brass Lens in Germany Leads to $50,230 Winning
Bid
COLOGNE, GERMANY - The traditional spring 2003 auction of
photographica and film by Auction Team Breker offered more than
1,000 lots, representing a cross-section of photography and movie
technology.
Auctioneer Uwe Breker reported a successful sales quota of more
than 90 percent, which he said "showed again the leading position
of the German specialty auctioneers on the international world
market."
"The Wrench" Magic Lantern, $26,438.
Highlighting the sale's results, an early photographic brass lens
from 1848 brought $50,230. The lens, a Photographe à Verres
Combinés by Charles Chevalier, Paris, started at $33,000.
Other highlights were a Rolleiflex Jersey camera, 1996, which
sold for $ 5,948; a rare black Contarex I, 1964, that fetched
$11,897; a Leica No. 367, 1925, which brought $9,517; a black
Leica M3, 1963, that realized $7,931; and a prototype periscopic
panoramic camera, 1956-59, sold for $6,609. A giant collection of
531 Original-Kaiser-Panorama-Stereoskopic Slides by A. Fuhrmann,
Berlin, circa 1915, fetched $11,897; and a rare stereo viewer by
Ernemann realized $4,362.
There was also tremendous interest in early objects of movie
technology and the precinema era. Highlights here included: a
Magic Lantern Aladin by Ernst-Plank for $2,776; a Laterna de
Orient: 1001 Nacht, 1896, for $17,185; a Tri-unial Magic Lantern,
The Wrench, circa 1890, for $26,438; a 35-mm movie camera, Cenex,
circa 1925, for $6,874; and a movie camera, Cinephon BR, circa
1955, for $5,948.
All realized prices include 20.17 percent tax and commission.
