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Steve McQueen On Any Sunday Original Vintage Japanese B2 Movie Poster, 1972
Located in Devon, GB
miles using makeshift high-speed and helmet cameras in challenging conditions, Brown’s directorial
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Post-Modern Posters

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Paper

Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media
Located in valatie, NY
environment. Projection has long been transforming space, from shadow plays to camera obscuras and magic
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Paper

The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné Paintings and Sculptures 1970–1974 (Volume 3)
Located in New York, NY
his first purchase of a Big Shot Polaroid camera. His diaries and the photographs he took on travels
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2010s Chinese Books

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Paper

1930s Replica Tom Blake hollow wooden surfboard
By Tom Blake
Located in Haleiwa, HI
to his name including the waterproof camera. A great example of a historical surfboard design that
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Vintage 1960s American Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

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Metal

Sinar P Expert Kit Large Format 4X5
Located in valatie, NY
4x5 camera Regular bellows Wide angle bellows 4x5 ground film holder with fresnel mounted lens 4x5
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Vintage 1980s Swiss Scientific Instruments

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Aluminum

New Guide to Better Photography - Berenice Abbott, 1st ed, 1953
Located in CA, CA
inquiry of what constitutes photography, to how to choose a camera, to various printing techniques. This
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Vintage 1950s Books

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Paper

Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in valatie, NY
with dust jacket and separate page guide to the photos. “In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak
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2010s German Books

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Paper

Buckaroo - Kurt Markus - 1st Edition, Little, Brown Company, 1987
Located in CA, CA
subjects, Markus turns his Pentax camera, favoured by fashion photographers such as Terrence Donovan, onto
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Books

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Paper

A Wandering Eye Travels with My Phone Book by Miguel Flores-Vianna
By Miguel Flores-Vianna
Located in New York, NY
he has gone on to document his peripatetic life with his camera, recording places as he feels they
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Diane Arbus: Family Albums, by Anthony W. Lee and John Pultz, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
with the camera, more aware of photography as an artistic and commercial practice, and more sensitive
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Paper

Rare City View of London and Westminster, Showing Many Battles Ships, 1804
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: The Cities of London & Westminster, accurately copied from the table of the Camera Obscura
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Antique Early 1800s Prints

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Paper

Garden Portraits Experiences of Natural Beauty
Located in New York, NY
. He walks the paths, forward and backward, and frequently stops so that his camera can memorize views
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Aperture Photography Magazine Collection of 6 Early Issues 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
essay, "Peeled Paint, Cameras and Happenstance" by Minor White; a continuation of "More Books for the
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot by Larry J. Schaaf (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Talbot's Lilliputian pre-1839 negatives (made in "mousetrap" cameras) through botanical photograms to mid
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Amazing Book of the work of Enrique Metinides, master of Tabloid Photojournalism
By Enrique Miralda
Located in Mexico, DF
Greek migrant parents got his first camera at age 9, and from that day on he wandered the streets
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Early 2000s Mexican Modern Books

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Paper

David Hockney Portraits by Sarah Howgate Barbara Stern Shapiro (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
early 1970s to his cubist-influenced investigations of the 1980s and from his recent camera lucida
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Large Polychrome Masterpieces of Monumental Art in Italy V to XVI Century 1883
Located in Langweer, NL
in Siena; Camera della Segnatura stanza dipinta da Rafaele nel Vaticano in Roma. Texts in German
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Antique 1880s Prints

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Paper

Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in New York, NY
in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera in 1970. This
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Spectacular America Hardcover Book 1994
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
produced in the new panorama format, as well as 360-degree views shot on an antique Cirkut camera. On
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1990s American American Classical Books

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Paper

New York Interiors,  Signature Edition
Located in New York, NY
Simon Upton turns his camera on one of his most-loved destinations in this personal exploration of
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2010s Books

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Paper

Presenting Stefano Della Bella Stefano Della Bella, by Phyllis Massar, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
sketchbook and etching needle the way a magazine reporter today uses his camera." From DJ. A vast display of
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Vintage 1970s American Books

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Paper

Above Yosemite by Robert Cameron
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
photographer since 1921 when his father gave him a "Brownie" camera and encouraged him to use it. Cameron is
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20th Century American Expressionist Books

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Paper

Led Zeppelin a Photographic Collection Book by Neal Preston
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
and his "candid" camera were right t, on their private jets, at the after shows ; live recording
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Early 20th Century American Modern Books

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Paper

Simon Barker, Punk s Dead, Signed
By Simon Barker
Located in CA, CA
parties. Taken with the simplest and cheapest pocket cameras, the photographs in this collection
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Late 20th Century British Books

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Paper

Fred Herzog, Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog, Signed Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Herzog has roamed the city's back streets with his camera. Herzog draws upon documentary traditions while
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Books

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Paper

Saved: My Picture World
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
of the “greeters” of Hollywood Boulevard, caught at the other end of her Rolleiflex camera lens, now
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Douglas Kirkland s Light Years Three Decades Photographing Among the Stars
By Douglas Kirkland 1
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
For thirty years Douglas Kirkland's camera has negotiated our relationship with the stars. Light
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20th Century American American Classical Books

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Paper

Citizen Kane / Obywatel Kane
Located in London, GB
convention of chronology and revolutionising the way a camera was used. Unlike the invisible Craft of someone
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Posters

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Paper

Above Las Vegas by Robert Cameron
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
been a photographer since 1921 when his father gave him a "Brownie" camera and encouraged him to use it
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20th Century American Expressionist Books

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Paper

Vintage Cell Counting Slide, German, Glass, Hemacytometer, Franke and Heidecke
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
known for the Rollei line of cameras. Present in good order throughout, this scientific slide is
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Early 20th Century German Scientific Instruments

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Glass

Chaplin Burlesque on Carmen Original Linocut Movie Poster, Swedish, 1920
Located in Devon, GB
turn laughingly to the camera in one of the earliest examples of breaking the fourth wall in cinema
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Posters

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Linen, Paper

Mapplethorpe by Robert Mapplethorpe, Intro. by Arthur Coleman Danto
Located in valatie, NY
Polaroid camera given to him by a friend. Nearly twenty years later, when Mapplethorpe died at the age of
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Robert Capa: Photographs, First Edition by Robert Cornell Capa
By Cornell Capa
Located in valatie, NY
collection of Robert Capa's photographs, 262 images from the camera of one of the most important
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Paper

Antique Rowland Ward Signed English Taxidermy Horse Hoof Match Holder
By Rowland Ward
Located in Forney, TX
naturalist's" camera which saved many of his zoo-going trips. He discovered and developed the use of wood wool
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Taxidermy

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Brass

Living Tribes Colin Prior Constable, 2003, Indigenous People Art Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
individual tribes and ethnic groups. Unlike some collections there is no artifice for the camera here. Each
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20th Century African Tribal Books

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Paper

Window on Sedona Living in the Land of the Red Rocks by Dottie Webster Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
, as well as intimately expressive details of the terrain. But for this book, the camera, and the
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20th Century American Folk Art Books

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Paper

Happy Times by Brendan Gill and Jerome Zerbe (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
best pictures - racy, impudent, amused - which amount to a novel composed by a camera and having for
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Vanishing Africa by Giansanti, Giann Hardcover Photography Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
happens in the West, but exhibited. By means of his camera and his pen, in this book the author has
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21st Century and Contemporary African Tribal Books

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Paper

William Klein Portfolio Magazine (photography)
By William Klein
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"invisible camera" of his predecessor Henri Cartier-Bresson. Though working for Vogue primarily to fund
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Vintage 1960s Books

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Paper

Ellen von Unwerth Fräulein
By Ingrid Sischy, Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
model for 10 years, before taking up the camera and becoming one of the world's most in-demand fashion
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Other

David Hockney, A Bigger Book
By David Hockney
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, multi-camera video works, and iPad drawings, each a panoply of looking and showing in different styles
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books

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Paper

Michael Muller, Sharks, Art Edition No 1-100 ‘Tear You Apart’
By Michael Müller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Island in Mexico, presents a stunning close-up shot of a great white with teeth bared to the camera. In
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books

Carlo Mollino: Photographs 1956-1962
By Carlo Mollino, Fulvio Ferrari
Located in New York, NY
well as skier, race car driver, and pilot) who utilized a Leica camera and color negative film in the
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

Warhol: A Personal Photographic Memoir (with a drawing by Christopher Makos)
By Christopher Makos, (after) Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Makos, “the man who first handed Warhol a camera and taught him how to use it.” Published in 1989
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Books

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Paper

Movie Camera 35mm Mitchell Film Camera as Sculpture Hollywd Original circa 1940s
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval, this circa 1940s Mitchell Model GC, 35mm motion picture camera in the rare high
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel

Vintage Mitchell Movie Camera Magazine, as Sculpture, Designed in 1920
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
camera film magazine. Mitchell 1000' film magazines did not appreciably change from the first days in
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Mid-20th Century American Archaistic Mounted Objects

Mitchell BNCR Camera Blimp Total Sculpture, circa 1950s, on Vintage Tripod
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval is this circa mid-20th century, Hollywood made by Mitchell Camera Corporation
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

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Metal, Brass, Bronze, Steel, Chrome

Rare Mitchell 35mm Antique Hollywood Feature Cinema Camera Package as Sculpture
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval, a mid-20th century Mitchell BNC feature film camera converted by the F&B CECO
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities

Hollywood Midcentury Movie Camera with Geared Head and Wood Tripod Legs
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
Offered for your approval is this midcentury USA Made complete Mitchell Motion Picture Camera
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

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Metal, Brass

Vintage Mitchell Movie Camera Magazine, as Cinema Sculpture, Designed in 1920
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
camera film magazine. Mitchell 1000' film magazines did not appreciably change from the first days in
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Mid-20th Century American Archaistic Mounted Objects

Hollywood Midcentury Vintage Movie Camera with Geared Head and Wood Tripod Legs
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
Offered for your approval is this midcentury USA Made complete Mitchell Motion Picture Camera
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

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Metal, Brass

Mitchell BNCR Iconic Camera Blimp Total Sculpture circa 1950s, on Vintage Tripod
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval is this circa mid-20th century, Hollywood made by Mitchell Camera Corporation
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

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Metal, Brass, Bronze, Steel, Chrome

Wilart, 35mm Cinema Camera, One Off Factory Prototype, Circa 1919. As Sculpture.
By Wilart Camera Company
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval, a one of a kind Wilart circa 1919, 35mm hand crank motion picture camera
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

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Metal, Brass

Akeley US Army 35mm Cinema Tracking Camera, Sculpture, circa Mid-20th Century
By Akeley Camera Inc.
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Offered for your consideration is this Akeley 35mm Motion Picture Camera with a geared Reflex tracking
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Aviation Objects

Rare Mitchell 35mm Antique Feature Cinema Camera Package As Sculpture. ON SALE
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval, a mid-20th century Mitchell BNC feature film camera converted by the F&B
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities

Mitchell Model A 35mm Movie Camera 1919 Design, Hand Crank as Sculpture
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
, Hand Crank or Electric with optional High Speed movement, feature film motion picture camera. This
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Mitchell Mid-20th Century Motion Picture Cinema Movie Camera on Vintage Tripod
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid Century Mitchell 16mm Standard Camera Kit, complete and pristine. Looks new and working correctly
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

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Metal

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Opinions on how old a camera has to be to be considered vintage vary. However, the general consensus is that cameras manufactured more than 50 years ago qualify for the label. You can find a range of vintage cameras on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    If your vintage Polaroid camera is still in working order, you can absolutely still use it. The one thing to check is whether the compatible film is readily available. If it is, then point and click away! You can find a selection of vintage polaroid cameras from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

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