lot 244 odd stereo camera with Tessar lenses
Toronto. Just picture the charm of lot 244 – a two lens stereo camera with what appears to be a frame ‘sports finder’.
This is just one of the 3D cameras and accessories in our Museum Auction this Sunday.
The odd looking camera may be rare. The design suggests the 1910s to early 1930s. The Tessar f4.5 8.5cm focal length lenses and a lack of a third ‘viewing’ lens may be an indicator of the camera make/year.
Drop in Sunday in time to see/handle the actual camera.
Note: the title for this post is a riff on a nick-name for Frank Sinatra – “ol’ blue eyes“.
Auctioneer Clint offered the following data (embossed on the camera): The name “Francia Paris” and an oval between the two lenses marked inside as “Sumo — Paris”. Also the names, ARP Mackenstein Paris and makers (in French) “H. Suffize & L. Molitor “.
The lenses are Tessar’s made by Krauss Paris (under licence from Zeiss).
