France 1908 – Box Camera – 4×4 Plates – Rare. Introduced and sold in 1908 as the “one Franc camera” the Franceville No.1 was made of two shells in “black lacquer”, actually hardened papier-mâché obtained by molding and compression, is remarkably rigid and resistant to deformation. The camera is loaded using a small holder designed … Read more Natali, Collo & cie
Le Franceville No. 1bis
England 1905 – Spy Camera – Custom film – Very Rare. Designed around 1905 by Swedish engineer Magnus Neill, the Ticka Watch Camera is the European counterpart to the American Expo Watch Camera, patented in the United States on September 6, 1904. Falling squarely into the category of early spy cameras, it adopts the deceptive … Read more87 Houghton
Ticka
France 1904 – Plate Camera – Plates – Rare. The Gaumont Block-Notes is a folding klapp camera distinguished by its elegant simplicity in design. With an exterior entirely coated in lacquered black paint, this camera boasted ease of use and was often classified as a “woman’s camera” during its era. The Tessar-Zeiss lens is situated … Read more15 Gaumont
Block-Notes
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