Photographica Including Cameras,Photographs and Scientific Instruments June 16, 2020 Advanced Search ▼ Items per page 122448 Advanced Search Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-48 of 523. View Image Lot # Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 The Godfrey Batting Collection Lot 1 to Lot 85, An early 20th Century mahogany and brass quarter-plate Hand and Stand Camera, Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£180StatusCLOSED View details 2 An early 20th Century mahogany and brass whole-plate Thornton-Pickard 'Crown' Triple Extension Field Camera, focusing screen divided in two with one side reversed for Autochrome use, with one dds, incomplete Thornton-Pickard 'Imperial' cardboard box, Thornton-Pickard tripod and head, VG, with earlier f/11 brass iris lens, F, and knapsack-type canvas carrying case Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£290StatusCLOSED View details 3 An early 20th Century wooden quarter-plate W Watson & Sons Reflex Magazine Camera, with black Morocco-covered body, serial no. 9983,Watson f/8 5in Rapid Rectilinear iris lens and daylight-changing magazine for twelve glass plates in sheaths, in maker's carry case, F, case lid detached Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED View details 4 A late 19th Century home-made/hand-made mahogany and brass whole-plate Tailboard Studio Camera, made by Joseph Chamberlain, with two pieces of brown paper with ink inscriptions 'Whole Plate Camera Made c.1890 By Joseph Chamberlain FRPS Of Tunbridge Wells Hon. Sec. T W Photographic Association 1888-1909', 'Double Slide To Fit Was Bought' and 'Mrs Chamberlain, 26 Cambridge Street', with black parallel bellows, lens board and Instantaneous Shutter, F, some brass parts missing, tailboard warped, wi Auction has ended Estimate£70 - £100Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED View details 5 A Houghton mahogany and brass half-plate "Sanderson Junior" Field Camera, with Sanderson movements, fitted with Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, with three dds by another maker that fit but do not lock in properly Auction has ended Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£190StatusCLOSED View details 6 An early 20th Century mahogany and brass 3in x 4in Thornton-Pickard 'Tribune' Field Camera, with one dds, unfitted Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, in maker's box, and unfitted Thornton-Pickard Rectoplanat f/8 iris lens, F-G Auction has ended Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED View details 7 An early 20th Century comprehensive mahogany and brass quarter-plate Thornton-Pickard 'Amber' Field Camera Outfit, camera and set of four dds, each in maker's cases, with Aldis Anastigmat f/4.5 No. 14 5.75in lens, in lens board, Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke lenses - f/11 5.15in, in lens board, in maker's leather case, (1) dioptre, in maker's case, and f/6.5 7.8in in Bausch & Lomb Automat shutter, in lens board, two further lenses in Bausch & Lomb shutters, lens boards (2), and Primus changin Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£290StatusCLOSED View details 8 A late 19th Century mahogany and brass-bound half-plate Lancaster 'The 1890 Extra Special Patent' Field Camera, parts only, front standard planed, lacks bellows and focusing screen, with Lancaster Patent f/11 8in lens, with Lancaster attachable oval pneumatic guillotine shutter (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£70 - £100Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSED View details 9 A 19th Century mahogany and brass 10in x 10in J J Shew Tailboard Studio Camera, possibly transitional wet/dry plate, with inset maker's/retailer's plate 'J J Shew, 89 Newman St.t, Oxford St.t, London', focusing screen, lens board and two single dark slides, one with hinges fitted to removable back panel, with five later step-down plate-size wooden inserts, circa 1875, G, lens board screw missing, with non-associated undersize but similiar period Ross brass 8½ x 6½ S A Doublet lens, serial no Auction has ended Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£300StatusCLOSED View details 10 An early 20th Century mahogany and brass half-plate Field Camera, with roller-blind shutter and non-original lens board, set of three dds, Perken Son & Rayment 'Optimus' brass 7 x 5 Waterhouse stop lens, with stops in Morocco case, in Ross box, with inscription from Godfrey Batting 'Given me by Dad in 1895', G, handle missing, with canvas knapsack camera bag Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £120Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSED View details 11 An early 20th Century teak and aluminium half-plate Shew Aluminium Xit-type Camera, unmarked, with two dds and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson f/4.5 6½in 5 x 4 Inches Series II Cooke-Anastigmat iris lens, in maker's box, F-G Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£210StatusCLOSED View details 12 An early 20th Century mahogany and brass 3in x 4in Watson & Sons 'Alpha' Hand and Stand Camera, with Watson convertible lens in Bausch & Lomb shutter, with swing back, brown hide handle, attachable mirror/sports finder, and set of three dds, each in slip case, in canvas outfit case, G, with Wellcome Exposure Calculator and note from Godfrey Batting 'Watson Alpha Camera made c.1905, purchased from Tom November 1949' Auction has ended Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£440StatusCLOSED View details 13 An early 20th Century mahogany and brass and leather-covered 3in x 4in Houghton 'Sanderson' Hand and Stand Camera, with Aldis Patent Series II No. 2 lens, in Bausch and Lomb shutter, with instruction booklet, Lizars 'Challenge' daylight back, Imperial Dry Plate Co Ltd Orthochrome Light Filter, in case, Ashford's Patent 'The Giraffe' tripod and head, focusing cloth and Imperial Exposure Reckoner, in canvas outfit case Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED View details 14 A rare early 20th Century black grained leather-covered 3in x 4in Lizars Challenge Twin Lens Reflex Camera, made-up' outfit, with non-original Aldis Anastigmat Patent No. 1 f/6 taking lens, apx. 4½in focal length, and Ross 5 x 4 Rapid Symmetrical f/8 iris viewing lens, apx. 5½in focal length, handle replaced, leather P-F, three black Lizars dds, all damaged, and wooden black leather-covered roll-film back Auction has ended Estimate£120 - £180Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED View details 15 A 19th Century mahogany and brass quarter-plate Rouch Tailboard Field Camera, with inset maker's plate 'W W Rouch & Co, Manufacturers, 180 Strand, London', with dovetail joints and brass reinforcement at bottom of front standard and sliding latches to secure folding bed, with set of three dds, circa 1880, with later Watson Holostigmat f/6.5 4½in convertible lens in later lens mount flange, F-G Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£180StatusCLOSED View details 16 An early 20th Century mahogany and brass half-plate Thornton-Pickard 'Imperial' Triple Extension Field Camera, F, sd, parts missing, Perken, Son & Rayment Rapid Euryscope 7 x 5 Optimus Waterhouse-stop lens, overall but front lens flange damaged and bent by fall; with another mahogany and brass half-plate field camera, lacks maker's plate, lens and lens board; F, both a.f.; and mahogany and brass quarter-plate hand and stand camera, lacks lens, F-G (3) Auction has ended Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED View details 17 An late 19th Century mahogany and aluminium-bound half-plate Lancaster 'Aluminium Mounted Instantograph - Patent' Field Camera, now fitted with brass Aldis Anastigmat f/6 No 3 iris lens in brass Taylor Taylor & Hobson lens mount, rather than Lancaster aluminium originals, with pair of matching aluminium-bound dds and pair of Lancaster brass-bound dds, circa 1895, G-VG, some damp blooming, 'J Lancaster & Son' plate missing, lens body F, with focusing cloth Auction has ended Estimate£120 - £180Winning Bid£190StatusCLOSED View details 18 A late 19th Century mahogany quarter-plate Twin Lens Reflex Falling Plate Camera, with simple unsprung guillotine shutter, screw-reinforced dovetail joints, two brown leather handles, stamped brass plate number indicator, ten out of twelve glass-plate sheaths, and one only unmounted incorrect lens, possibly craftsman-made, 1890s, G, hinged front detached Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED View details 19 An early 20th Century folding-strut 2½in x 3½in Newman & Guardia 'Sibyl' Camera, with milled aluminium front standard, Taylor, Taylor & Hobson f/6.5 Cooke lens, in swinging sector shutter, film pack back, wooden focusing screen with glass reversed and pencil inscription 'Autochrome', metal focusing screen and six metal dark slides, in leather case, slides af, and wooden dark slide, with ink inscription for Autochrome, in maker's case, circa 1910, F, shutter apparently operating correctly; with F Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£850StatusCLOSED View details 20 A late 19th Century mahogany sliding-box quarter-plate Tylar's 'Perfect' Camera, with maker's plate 'Tylar's Perfect Camera, 41 High Street, Aston, Birmingham', with possibly refitted Taylor, Taylor & Hobson f/8 6.16in sliding stop lens, serial no. 4241, circa 1898, with added Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, and six out of set of eight dds, one a.f, and focusing screen, overall G, but hinged front damaged and repaired, hinges now fitted externally, with note 'This old camera was purchase Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£230StatusCLOSED View details 21 A late 19th Century mahogany and brass half-plate Lancaster 'The 1898 Instantograph Patent' Field Camera, with over-size Lancaster 11½in lens (focuses on full extension as telephoto) in correct lens flange and board, with Lancaster 5½in lens with Lancaster's Patent attachable rotary shutter, with lens flange, lens board and non-matching lens flange, three dds and canvas case, G, old viewfinder holes to top Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED View details 22 A late 19th Century black leather-covered mahogany quarter-plate Dallmeyer Hand Camera, with Dallmeyer No 2 Stigmatic Series II iris lens, serial no 58298 (lens finished by W Strachan and left factory on 12th August 1898), with Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter attached inside front door, with 'dovetail' vertical and horizontal shift to front, F-G, some tripod head marking, with attachable mirror/sports viewfinder, rear lens loose, and set of nine mahogany and metal flap-action dds Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£120StatusCLOSED View details 23 A 19th Century mahogany and brass quarter-plate Tailboard Camera, with swing and tilt back, now fitted with one TT&H lens flange, with one dds and home-made back adaptor, in canvas case, G-VG, securing nut slot in lens board filled in Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED View details 24 An early 20th Century mahogany and brass half-plate Thornton-Pickard 'Amber' Field Camera, with septum slot, lens board fitted with TT&H lens flange, unused lens board and one dds, G-VG, but bellows bottom seam unglued, mildew at back of bellows, period leather neck strap added, with tripod, wrapped in brown paper, with annotation by Godfrey Batting; with card scrap from 1926 camera club calendar and sale ticket for camera '….great bargain £4-17-6, cost over £10-0-0' Auction has ended Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED View details 25 Godfrey Batting's Patent Focusing Lens Holder, with eight various threaded lens holders, three cylindrical adjuster-tube tool with two protrusions for adjusting internal threaded lens flanges, mahogany lens board, Thornton-Pickard 'Royal' roller blind shutter, and home-made lens, with a file of drawings, manuscripts, typescripts and letters concerning the design, patent and manufacture of his device, circa 1930-1931 (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£120StatusCLOSED View details 26 A late 19th Century black leather-covered mahogany quarter-plate Perken Son & Rayment Optimus 'Ubique' Hand/Magazine Camera, original camera circa 1890, with numerous advisory manuscript notes from Godfrey Batting including card 'Perken Son & Rayment's Optimus Ubique ¼pt Hand Camera purchased by A G Batting in 1895 & first used to photograph the Duchess of Teck on her visit to TW [Queen Mary's mother visited Tunbridge Wells on 20 May 1896]. Used as experimental camera with AGB's Patent Focusin Auction has ended Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED View details 27 Cameras, Kodak - 1A Autographic Special with rangefinder and TT&H Cooke Aviar f/6.3 5¼in lens, No 3 Autographic Kodak Model H, No 1 Panoram, a.f., No 3 FPK and Combination Back, a.f., No 2 Brownie and four dds; Lizars Challenge case and Butcher 'The Boy Scout' (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED View details 28 A late 19th Century mahogany and brass-bound 7¼in x 4½in Lancaster Stereo Instantograph, with pair of brass Lancaster lenses, later fixed into correct lens board, lacks retaining screw, with Lancaster brass attachable swinging-sector double shutter, one small repair to shutter, and detachable red bellows and septum, F, old infill repair and brass tripod socket fitted to one side, with one Lancaster dds, two other dds, all three a.f., with lens board for single lens and home-made lens cap Auction has ended Estimate£500 - £800Winning Bid£700StatusCLOSED View details 29 An early 20th Century mahogany quarter-plate Shew's Guinea Pocket-Camera, with sprung rotary shutter and set of three dds, G, altered to fit viewfinder, now missing, in maker's box, with label on one end, P, lid loose, repaired with paper tape Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£210StatusCLOSED View details 30 A 19th Century mahogany and brass 7¼in x 4½in Collins Stereo Tailboard Camera, circa 1870, with original lensboard for single lens, with later brass Perken, Son & Rayment Rapid Rectilinear Waterhouse-stop lens, maker's plate 'C G Collins, 56 Cochrane Street, St John's Wood, NW', with one dds, G, with later lensboard, home-made sliding focusing screen, with pair of brass Wray 5in Stereo lens, serial nos 1201 and 1202, pair of unmarked brass stereo lenses and Thornton-Pickard stereo roller-blind s Auction has ended Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£850StatusCLOSED View details 31 A pair of 19th Century brass Dallmeyer 5in Stereo Lenses, serial nos 8317 and 8318, dated to 1864, according to Dallmeyer stockbook, with four washer stops, fixed aperture slightly different for each lens, on home-made lens board, with non-matching lens flanges, G (see previous lot for camera into which these lenses and board fit) Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£750StatusCLOSED View details 32 A 19th Century mahogany and brass wet-plate 8in x 8in Meagher Tailboard Studio Camera, with septum slot, maker's plate 'Meagher, Manufacturer, 21 Southampton Row, London WC', focusing screen and dark slide, with wooden insert for quarter-plate, circa 1870, G, lens aperture in original lensboard later enlarged irregularly, now fitted with additional smaller horizontal lens board, with later Dallmeyer brass wide angle No 1aa Rectilinear Patent 5in iris lens, serial no 54196 (lens finished by Mr Auction has ended Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£460StatusCLOSED View details 33 An early 20th Century 3¼in x 4¼in Newman & Guardia 'Nydia' Magazine Camera, with Ross f/8 5½in Symmetric Anastigmat lens, serial no 60518, with integral changing box, in maker's case, F, with Newman & Guardia Telemeter (pendulum distance gauge), in hide slip case, with instruction book and mahogany folding tripod board Auction has ended Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£400StatusCLOSED View details 34 A late 19th Century mahogany and brass 6in x 6in for half-plate Tailboard Camera, with two matching lensboards, similar lensboard, one with TT&H lens flange and five different subsidiary flanges, with set of three dds, in slip cases, circa 1890s, G-VG, with Windsor attachable viewfinder, home-made septum with slots cut in back, canvas outfit case, with various brass lenses - Perken Son & Rayment Wide Angle Euryscope 5x4 Optimus with wheel of stops, Ross No. 4 6in Symmetrical with wheel of stops Auction has ended Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED View details 35 An early 20th Century 3¼in x 4¼in Newman & Guardia 'Nydia' Magazine Camera, with Aldis Anastigmat f/7.7 No 6 lens, serial no 60518, with integral changing box, in maker's case, F, with alternative Premo Film Pack Adapter back and pack of Premo Speed Film, in maker's box, Auction has ended Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED View details 36 Brass Camera Lenses, Wray - wide-angle lens in Houghton Sanderson 'Tropical' lens board and another similar wide-angle lens, some solder to edge; Aldis Morocco-covered case for convertible lens set, various contents including Trio x 2 lens for No 7 SIII, Trio x2 lens for No 2 SII and yellow filter, with a similar style Duo for No 7 SIII, with Aldis lens brochure, circa 1910; 4in f/16 Ensign Symmetrical Wide Angle lens; and Beck or TT&H (?) for Army & Navy Stores Rapid Rectilinear 7.38in lens, in Auction has ended Estimate£70 - £100Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED View details 37 Various Camera Lenses, Ross black-enamelled f/6.8 17in Telecentric lens, interior lined with Thornton-Pickard rubber edging; Aldis black-enamelled War Department f/5.6 20in Triplet lens, in lens flange and mahogany lens board; Ross black-painted reflex f/6.3 7in Homocentric lens; and projection lens (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£70 - £100Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSED View details 38 Swift Brass Camera Lenses, Rapid 8½ x 6½ Paragon, with Waterhouse stop slot, two stops and lens flange (F) and Rapid 4 x 3 Paragon with wheel of stops, body F (2) Auction has ended Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£60StatusCLOSED View details 39 Beck Lenses, portrait lenses - brass and aluminium No 5 Biplanat f/5.8 9in Focus, serial no 42191, body VG, elements G, some spotting and black-painted Series VI Variable Portrait Isostigmar (f/5.6 9in), serial no 215082, body F-G, elements F; and brass No 1 Beck Multifex Lens, G, front element missing (3) Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED View details 40 Dallmeyer Brass Lenses, 8in 'Triple Achromatic Lens', with Waterhouse-stop slot, serial no 2814, in red simulated Morocco case, early 1860s, and 8¼in '6x5 Rapid Rectilinear Patent', with iris diaphragm, serial no 47276, early 1890s, in later maker's box, G; and set of Dallmeyer Waterhouse stops, in Morocco case Auction has ended Estimate£70 - £100Winning Bid£270StatusCLOSED View details 41 Ross Brass Lenses, 5¾in 'Special LA', with Waterhouse-stop slot and one stop, serial no 23060, mid-1870s and 5in No 3 Symmetrical lens, with wheel of stops, serial no 31289, late 1870s, F-G, with Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter and home-made pinhole camera (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED View details 42 Unmarked Brass Lenses, 12½in f/11 Rapid Rectilinear, with iris diaphragm (made by Perken, Son & Rayment), 6in with wheel of stops, 3½in and 'The King Lens 6½x4¾' f/8, with Batting focusing ring added, F-G (4) Auction has ended Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED View details 43 Perken Son & Rayment Brass Lenses, 12½in f/8 'Rapid Rectilinear 9x7 Optimus', with iris diaphragm, 6½in 'Rapid Grossar No 1 Optmimus' with rack and pinion focusing and iris diaphragm, 6in 'Portable Symmetrical 7x5 Optimus', with wheel of stops, 5in 'Rapid Rectilinear 5x4 Optimus', with Waterhouse-stop slot and set of stops, and various Waterhouse stops (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£70 - £100Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSED View details 44 Ross Brass Lenses, 17in 'No 5 Actinic Triplet', with Waterhouse-stop slot, serial no 10858, with lens flange, late 1860s, body F, elements G, 7in portrait lens, original serial no 543, 1840s, but upgraded with replacement rack and pinion focusing and Waterhouse-stop slot, probably in 1860s, with seven Waterhouse stops, in case, body F, rebuilt, elements G, and '12in No 9 Symmetrical', serial no 21155, body P, elements P, lens rebuilt with soldered washer stop, wide angle, serial no 14692, with Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED View details 45 A Taylor Taylor & Hobson Brass f/8 '8½x6½ RR' Lens, Eq. Focus 11-12 inches', sold by The City Sale & Exchange, iris diaphragm, serial no 16007, with lens flange, circa 1910, body tube G, some marking to varnish, elements G Auction has ended Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£170StatusCLOSED View details 46 Lens Board and Flanges, including five commercially-made lens boards, with others home-made, two TT&H lens flanges and eight others (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSED View details 47 Thornton-Pickard Roller-Blind Shutters, various sizes (7), with four maker's boxes, various, sizes, all extensively annotated by Godfrey Batting and Wizard shutter (a lot) Auction has ended Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED View details 48 Attachable Shutters, Stanley 'Serjeants Patent' oxidised brass rotary guillotine action pneumatic shutter, serial no 620; Newman & Simpson 'Newman's Patent' Shutters, mahogany and brass, guillotine action - earlier example with metal spring clamp fixing to lens, with brass pneumatic plunger shutter release, serial no 916 and later example with wooden push-fit lens attachment, with brass pneumatic plunger shutter release, serial no 3459; and lacquered and oxidised brass 'Ilex' Shutter, in maker's Auction has ended Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED View details Items per page 122448 Previous|12345678...11|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next