Sold2015No. 2 Cabinet Petzval-Type Portrait Lens, c. 1870No. 2 Cabinet Petzval-Type Portrait Lens, c. 1870 Ross, London. No. 43088, focal length approx. 30 cm, height approx. 185 mm, front lens Ø approx. 85 mm, very good condition, rack-and-pinion focusingSee Sold Price
Sold2016Sliding-Box Daguerreotype Camera *, c.1845early American Daguerreotype sliding-box camera, beautifully crafted mahogany body, half-plate size, except for the ground glass no missing parts, with early unmarked Petzval type lens (c.15cm focal lSee Sold Price
Sold2023Voigtländer Portrait Lens c. 1880Voigtländer Portrait Lens c. 1880 Voigtländer, Brunswick, Germany. No. 21423, brass-bound Petzval-type, height with sunshade 23.5 cm, diam. of front element 94.5 mm, focal length approx. 3.4See Sold Price
Sold2023Kranz Portrait Lens No. 1131, c. 1860Kranz Portrait Lens No. 1131, c. 1860 L.W. Kranz, Braunschweig, Germany. Brass-bound Petzval-type lens, low serial no. 1131, ht. with hood 13.8 cm, glass of front lens Ø 51.5 mm, focal length appSee Sold Price
Sold2020Petzval-Type Lens by "Lerebours et Secretan", c. 1855'Petzval-Type Lens by "Lerebours et Secretan", c. 1855 Engraving: "Lerebours et Secretan à Paris. No. 6047". Small and early 'Système Allemand' lens with a focal length of approx. 15 cm. Height 10 cSee Sold Price
Sold2015Petzval Portrait Lens by Voigtländer, Vienna, "No.Petzval Portrait Lens by Voigtländer, Vienna, "No. 3000", c. 1845 Engraved: "No. 3000 Voigtländer & Sohn in Wien". Type No. 1 5,5 Zoll (front element 40 mm), rack-and-pinion focusing (sluggish), heiSee Sold Price
Sold2015Lerebours Landscape Lens (Petzval Type), c. 1858Lerebours Landscape Lens (Petzval Type), c. 1858 Lerebours et Secretan à Paris. No. 8423, approx. 20 cm focal length, for waterhouse stop, rack-and-pinion focusing, height with lens hood 4 in., Ø 2See Sold Price
Sold2015Jules Vogel Petzval-Type Lens, c. 1875Jules Vogel Petzval-Type Lens, c. 1875 Jules Vogel Philadelphia, USA. Landscape lens, no. 36222, engraved with maker's name in banner above an American eagle motif, approx. 23 cm focal length, lens ØSee Sold Price
Sold2022Suter Petzval-Type Rapid Portrait LensSuter Petzval-Type Rapid Portrait Lens Suter, Basel. No. 27694, "Rapid Portrait Lens No. 5 F. 3.75", threaded rear element, with one Waterhouse stop, approx. 3,8/30 cm, glass clean, height with sunshaSee Sold Price
Sold2015Petzval-Type Lens by Darlot, c. 1864Petzval-Type Lens by Darlot, c. 1864 Darlot, Paris. With second engraving: "B.F. & Co." Approx. 18 cm focal length, lens rims also signed: "Darlot", rack-and-pinion focusing, height of the lens with lSee Sold Price
Sold2015Petval-Type Portrait Lens by C.C. Harrison, New York,Petval-Type Portrait Lens by C.C. Harrison, New York, c. 1860 No. 5669, solid lens with a focal length of approx. 30 cm. Height: approx. 20 cm, front lens Ø approx. 80 mm. Beautiful rack-and-pinion mSee Sold Price
Sold2015Derogy Brass Lenses (various)three Derogy lenses: (1) no.11496, early Aplanat type lens, focal length c.30cm focal length, front and rear element diameter 55mm, total height 75mm, rotating aperture disc, (2) no.19125 later AplanaSee Sold Price
Sold2016Beaud & Wallon Paris Petzval Daguerrotype Lensvery early rare French daguerreotype Petzval lens, c.24cm focal length, front element diameter c.5cm, rear element diameter c.5.5cm, total height c.14cm, rack and pinion focusing, optics with some cleSee Sold Price
Sold2018Beaud & Wallon Paris Petzval Daguerreotype Lens,very early rare French daguerreotype Petzval lens, c.24cm focal length, front element diameter c.5cm, rear element diameter c.5.5cm, total height c.14cm, rack and pinion focusing, optics with some cleSee Sold Price
Sold2023Early American Lenses, 1857 onwardsEarly American Lenses, 1857 onwards 1) Holmes, Booth & Hayden, New York. No. 3328, approx. 3.4/14 cm Petzval-type, for ¼ plate, for Waterhouse stops, without the typical long sunshade, with origiSee Sold Price
Sold2022c 1848 Washington and Zachary Taylor Glass BottlePolitical 1848 Zachary Taylor Presidential Campaign George Washington & Gen. Zachary Taylor Portraits Glass Bottle c. 1848 Zachary Taylor Presidential Campaign, George Washington and Gen. Zachary TaylSee Sold Price
Sold2022c 1848 Washington and Zachary Taylor Glass BottlePolitical 1848 Zachary Taylor Presidential Campaign George Washington & Gen. Zachary Taylor Portraits Glass Bottle c. 1848 Zachary Taylor Presidential Campaign, George Washington and Gen. Zachary TaylSee Sold Price
Sold2022Magic Lantern, c. 1880Magic Lantern, c. 1880 England, mahogany with brass fittings, condensor Ø 10 cm, with brass-bound Petzval-type lens of approx. 4/15 cm and burner with large mirror, lens missing an internal spaceSee Sold Price
Sold2015J.H. Dallmeyer Modified Aluminum Petzval Lens, 1.B., c.J.H. Dallmeyer Modified Aluminum Petzval Lens, 1.B., c. 1890 No. 51803. Rare modified aluminum portrait lens, focal length approx. 16 cm, height approx. 12,5 cm, front lens Ø 50 mm. Iris diaphragm, rSee Sold Price
Sold2019Early 20th c. portrait of explorer, Frank VincentEarly 20th century American oil on board depicting a distinguished portrait of Frank Vincent (American, 1848-1916), the celebrated explorer seated in formal dress and wearing numerous decorations fromSee Sold Price
Sold2022c. 1820 Rare BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Brass Drawer PullPost-Revolutionary War to Civil War Choice "Benjamin Franklin" Portrait Brass Drawer Pull c. 1820 Federal Period, "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, L.L.D." Early Design Type Franklin Portrait Brass Drawer Pull, ComSee Sold Price
Sold20231848 General Zachary Taylor Mexican-American War Textile Threads of History listed as No. 210Political Zachary Taylor Portrait Cotton Bandanna of "Threads of History" #210 on page 128 with Mexican-American War Scenes c. 1848 Mexican-American War Period, Rare General Zachary Taylor Portrait, BSee Sold Price
Sold2023EARLY 19TH C. AMERICAN SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF A LADYOil on canvas, The portrait identified by frame tag as Anne Hutchinson Heberton most likely of Philadelphia in exceptional period gilt carved frame. Ann Hutchinson was born 1789 and died 1848, daughteSee Sold Price
Sold2021Voigtländer Lens, c. 1875Voigtländer Lens, c. 1875 Voigtländer & Sohn, Wien Braunschweig. No. 20977, Petzval type with approx. 3,4/33 cm, front and back glass diameter 95 mm, front element with nearly invisible weak ring-shSee Sold Price
May 14Fleischer's Auctions[NATIVE AMERICAN] Early 20th c. Clothing w/ Eastern Woodland Style Beadwork$100(1 bid)
May 03Conestoga Auction Company Division of Hess Auction GroupEarly 19th C. Wallpaper Covered Trinket Box.$120(6 bids)