Decorative Arts & Collectables | Including The Hellwege Photographica Collection (#533) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #1221 "The Students' Set" tailboard camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16.5cm, brass lens engraved "Wide Angle 7 x 5 Made For Carter & Werner Ballarat". View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1222 Stereo tailboard camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12.5 x 20cm, uninscribed monocular brass lens with iris diaphragm, Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1223 Tailboard camera (likely Wratten & Wainwright), late 19th century, plate dimensions 15.5 x 11.5cm (glass absent), brass lens engraved "W.S. Stewart & Co. Melbourne - Rapid Rectilinear 4¼ x 3¼". View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1224 Tailboard camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 16.5 x 12cm, Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke Series III 8½" f6.5 brass lens. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1225 Group of detective-type box cameras, c. 1880s, one named "The Express", the rest anonymous; the tallest 18.5cm. (5 items) View details Quantity5Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1226 J.W. SMALL & CO.: Pair of c. 1880s detective-type box cameras, both with "J.W. Small & Co. Sydney & Melbourne" retailer's inlays, one with Beck Symmetrical lens, the other with Rapid Rectilinear lens; the taller 22cm. View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot #1227 BENETFINK: "Lightning" detective-type box camera, c. 1895. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #1228 Detective-type magazine camera, c. 1890s, with integrated changing bag, waist-level finder, plate counter, tripod socket, and "W. Watson & Sons - 78 Swanston St. Melbourne" retailer's inlay. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #1229 View camera, late-19th century, plate dimensions 11 x 8cm, brass lens with Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1230 LANCASTER: "Instantograph" view camera, late-19th century, plate dimensions 10.5 x 8cm (glass absent), iris diaphragm brass lens engraved "J. Lancaster & Sons", "Sharp & Hitchmough, 101 & 103, Dale Street, Liverpool" retailer's plate. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1231 HOUGHTON: "Triple Victo Stereo" view camera, c. 1900s, plate dimensions 16 x 11.5cm, no lens. Condition ReportBellows shows evidence at the left side of having been repaired in the distant past. There is a pinprick-size hole developing at one of the lower edges of a fold on the right side. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #1232 GANDOLF: View camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 11.6 x 16cm, uninscribed brass lens with iris diaphragm; offered in original case with three double-dark slides. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1233 View camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16.5cm, uninscribed brass lens with aperture ring, "Baker & Rouse Melbourne & Adelaide" retailer's inlay. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1234 View camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16cm, Thornton-Pickard "Rectoplanat" lens, "Baker & Rouse" retailer's inlay. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1235 View camera, early 20th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16cm, uninscribed aluminium lens, "Carter & Werner Ballarat" retailer's plate. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1236 LANCASTER: "Instantograph" view camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 11.5 x 16.5cm, fixed-aperture Lancaster brass lens, burgundy bellows, unusual rear hinge mechanism. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1237 THORNTON-PICKARD: "Imperial" triple-extension view camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16.5cm, with rare Voigtländer & Sohn Collinear II f5.4 No. 4 brass lens and "Baker & Rouse" retailer's inlay. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1238 Triple-extension view camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 16.5 x 11.5cm, J. Lancaster & Sons brass lens. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1239 THORNTON-PICKARD: "College" triple-extension view camera, c. 1912, plate dimensions 16.5 x 12cm (glass absent), uninscribed brass lens with iris diaphragm, Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1240 HOUGHTON: "Stereo Victo" triple-extension stereo view camera, early 20th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16cm, monocular Hugo Meyer Goerlitz Double-Plasmat 5¼" f4 lens with cap, Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, "Harrington Sydney & Brisbane" retailer's inlay. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1241 THORNTON-PICKARD: "Ruby" triple-extension view camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16.5cm, Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke Series V 4¼ x 3¼ 5-7" brass lens, Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, "Antinuous" shutter release. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1242 THORNTON-PICKARD: "Imperial" triple-extension view camera, early 20th century, plate dimensions 11.5 x 16.5cm, Thornton-Pickard Beck Symmetrical lens with cap, Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, "Antinuous" shutter release. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1243 "National" triple-extension view camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16.5cm, Thornton-Pickard "Rectoplanat" brass lens. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #1244 THORNTON-PICKARD: "Imperial" triple-extension view camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 12 x 16.5cm, body only. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1245 View camera (likely Thornton-Pickard "College"), early 20th century, plate dimensions 16.5 x 21.5cm (glass absent), Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter (no lens). View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1246 HENRY PARK: "Victoria" triple-extension view camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 16.5 x 12cm, brass lens with aperture ring, unusual aluminium fittings. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1247 View camera, late 19th century, plate dimensions 16.5 x 20cm, brass lens engraved "R.O.J.A. vorm. Emil Busch A-G Rathenow - Busch-Bis-Telar F:9 No.3 Foc. 14.ins.". View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1248 WATSON & SONS: Stereo view camera, c. 1890s, plate dimensions 11.5 x 15.5cm, with twin Watson & Sons lenses, two leather lens caps, and dual rollerblind shutter. Condition ReportLens serial numbers are #3306 and #3092. We were unable to test the operability of the shutter. Some faults to the lens mount; nevertheless we can confirm that the septum is in place. Will need a service. View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #1249 View camera, c. 1900s, plate dimensions 16 x 11.5cm, Beck Symmetrical lens and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson spirit level attachment. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1250 J.F. SHEW & CO.: "Eclipse" view camera, unusual gate-struts design, late-19th century, plate dimensions 16.5 x 12cm, uninscribed brass lens with ingenious aperture mechanism. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1251 Late-19th century folding camera, plate dimensions 10.5 x 10.5cm, red bellows, uninscribed fixed-focus brass lens. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1252 MONROE: "Pocket Monroe A" strut-folding camera, c. 1897, brass fittings, red bellows. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #1253 ZULAUF: 1908 "Bebe" strut-folding camera [#1352], plate dimensions 6 x 4cm, Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 75mm f4.5 lens [#152911], folding Newton finder. View details Estimate$500 - $1,000Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1254 CHICAGO CAMERA CO.: Unusual "Photake" seamless cylindrical camera, c. 1896, for exposures on 5 x 5cm glass plates; Achromat 120mm f14 lens with original viewfinder still present. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #1255 KODAK: "Studio Camera No. 1 10 x 8" large format studio camera, late-19th/early-20th century, plate dimensions 16.5 x 21.5cm, Taylor-Hobson Cooke Portrait Anastigmat Series IIB 20" f4.5 brass lens [#189261] with cap, intact black bellows, on adjustable timber stand; height set to approx. 1.5m. Condition ReportWe can confirm that the lens is indeed 20". Soft focus adjustment appears to be operational. There are small amounts of fungus and dust inside the lens. Bellows are in good condition; body and brass presents well for age. Height adjustment working but stiff. Track length approx. 50cm at full extension; focal length adjustment knob is temperamental in its operation. Top support rods appear to have been cut shorter at some time in the past. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Price Realized$4,400StatusSold Lot #1256 "No. 1 Special" folding camera, c. 1900s, plate dimensions 10 x 13cm, Wollensak pneumatic shutter/lens, red bellows. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1257 ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO.: "Pony Premo No. 3" folding camera, c. 1898, plate dimensions approx. 18 x 14cm, vivid red bellows, Wollensak pneumatic shutter. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1258 CENTURY CAMERA CO.: Century 7.5 x 10cm glass plate camera, c. 1900s, with Wollensak lens. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1259 KODAK: "Pony Premo No. 7" folding camera, c. 1902, plate dimensions 11.5 x 17cm, Goerz 210mm lens, pneumatic shutter, red bellows. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1260 KODAK: "3A Premo No. 9" folding camera, c. 1910s, plate dimensions 14 x 8cm, Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter; offered in original matching leather case marked "Premo" on handle, with four slide holders. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1261 BUTCHER & SONS: "Stereolette" folding-bed stereo camera, c. 1910s, plate dimensions 13 x 8.5cm, twin Aldis Uno Anastigmat f7.7 lenses, waist-level finder. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1262 CHICAGO FERROTYPE: "The Mandelette Post Card Camera", c. 1913, 2½ x 3½ exposures, unusual direct positive street camera; enterprising owners of this camera were able to rove public areas producing real photo postcards in minutes for paying members of the public. View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1263 Group of seven different metal daylight development tanks; brands include Amato, Dallaw, King, Kodak, and LPL; the largest approx. 7 x 39 x 9cm. View details Quantity7Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #1264 GRAFLEX: Revolving-Back Tele Graflex SLR camera, c. 1915, plate dimensions 8 x 10.5cm, Taylor-Hobson Cooke-Kodak 5¾" f4.5 lens. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1265 Circa 1920s large format studio camera, plate dimensions 21 x 16.5cm, Taylor Taylor & Hobson Cooke Series II 10 x 8" Eq. Focus brass lens, intact black bellows, on adjustable timber stand; height set to approx. 1.5m. Condition ReportSmall amounts of fungus present, soft focus appears to be jammed. Recommend a professional service. View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #1266 THORNTON-PICKARD: "Junior Special Ruby Reflex" SLR camera, c. 1920s, plate dimensions 13 x 7cm, Ross Homocentric 7" f6.3 lens. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot #1267 THORNTON-PICKARD: "Junior Special Ruby Reflex" SLR camera, c. 1920s, plate dimensions 8 x 10cm, Taylor-Hobson Cooke Anastigmat 5¾" f4.5 lens. View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1268 GUNDLACH: Folding camera, c. 1920s, plate dimensions 9.5 x 12cm, Gundlach pneumatic shutter, red bellows, "J.W. Small & Co. Melbourne" retailer's plate. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1269 MANHATTAN OPTICAL: "Wizard B" folding camera, c. 1920s, plate dimensions 12 x 17cm, Bausch & Lomb lens and shutter. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1270 GUNDLACH: "Korona II" folding camera, c. 1920s, plate dimensions 9.5 x 12cm, Wollensak pneumatic shutter. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #1271 GRAFLEX: Revolving-Back Graflex Series B SLR camera, c. 1923, plate dimensions 8 x 10cm, Taylor-Hobson Cooke-Kodak Anastigmat 5¾" f4.5 lens. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1272 GRAFLEX: Revolving-Back Graflex Series B SLR camera, c. 1923, plate dimensions 12 x 9.5cm, Taylor-Hobson Cooke-Kodak Anastigmat 6 7/8" f4.5 lens, back element absent. View details Estimate$120 - $180Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1273 VOIGTLÄNDER: Bergheil folding camera, c. 1923, plate dimensions 11 x 7.5cm, Heliar 150mm f4.5 lens [#745041]. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1274 ZEISS IKON: "Maximar" (207/1) folding camera, c. 1927, plate dimensions approx. 11 x 8cm, Tessar 135mm f4.5 lens, Klio shutter; offered in matching leather case with additional film back and 6 plate holders. View details Estimate$120 - $180Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1275 GRAFLEX: Revolving-Back Graflex Series C SLR camera, c. 1928, plate dimensions 8 x 10cm, Taylor-Hobson Cooke-Kodak Anastigmat 5¾" f4.5 lens. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1276 GRAFLEX: Two different c. 1930s side-handle type Speed Graphic press cameras; back elements absent. View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $180Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1277 Antique polished timber wet plate collodion tank, late 19th century. Condition ReportGlass tank interior measures approximately 24 (deep) x 17.5cm (wide). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1278 AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY: Group of books, mostly hardcover, comprising Judy Annear "The Photograph and Australia", Keast Burke "Photographs of Australian Goldfields from the Holtermann Collection", Jack Cato "The Story of the Camera in Australia", Jacqueline O'Brien "Court & Camera - The Life & Times of A.H. Stone", and Eric Reade "Australian Silent Films". (5 items) View details Quantity5Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #1279 PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS: A shelf of mostly hardcover books, late 20th century, focused on the history of the field. (14 items) View details Quantity14Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #1280 CAMERA BOOKS: A shelf of late-20th century hardcover books, focused on camera collecting and camera operation. (17 items) View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1281 PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS: A shelf of late-19th/early-20th century hardcover books; inspection will reward. (24 items) View details Quantity24Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot #1282 "Kamera & Palette" 1920s German softcover mail-order catalogues for erotic/nudism-themed stereo photographs, vols. 1-6, each 64 or 128pp.; many daring and imaginative poses. (6 items) Condition ReportSome tearing at the spine, otherwise condition excellent. View details Quantity6Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
