Lot 300
  • 300

A large group of accessories, documents and literature of photographic interest from the atelier of the photographer Carl von Frey, Salzburg Austrian, Swiss and German, circa 1890-1900

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

comprising: a tripod and stand; two bellows of different size; a quantity of negative holders; a set of lenses; a Thornton-Pickard shutter and another by Steinheil in Munich' a 'photometre' by J. Decoudun in Paris; a lens by Steinheil in Munich; another lens by Derogy, no. 3; quantity of negative holders of wood; another camera including bellows and adjustable base; another metal tripod by G.G. of Lyon; a smaller camera by Engel-Feitknecht of Douanne; a camera by Chr. Bruns of Munich numbered XVII, the case accommodating twelve negative holders; also including two volumes of the 'Photographische Rundschau', 1894 and 1895; four volumes of the 'Photographisches Jahrbuch', 1887 to 1890; and seven volumes of 'Der Amateur Photograph', 1889 to 1895; and finally a quantity of notes and recipes for emulsions

Condition

Sold as seen.
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