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Antique Media & Optics
Stereoscopes, magic lanterns with hand-tinted slides, working Edison cylinder phonographs, brass-and-mahogany plate cameras, and film-era optical equipment. Working examples, restorable examples, and honest parts machines — the last always labeled as such.
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Curator’s pick
MS-OM-0009
Pre-1900
Voigtländer brass Petzval portrait lens · c. 1865, ~5-inch
Brass Petzval portrait lens by Voigtländer, Vienna era, ~5-inch focal length. Original stops, rack focus smooth, glass unetched.
$3,200
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MS-OM-0010
Pre-1900
Scovill half-plate wet-collodion camera · c. 1878
Scovill mahogany-and-brass half-plate view camera, ~1878. Bellows supple, light-tight, one original plate holder. Body only, no lens.
$2,400
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