Sanjin Jukic
05-27-2007, 02:23 AM
News from Vienna:
On Saturday, the 26th of May 2007 the eleventh WestLicht Photographica Auction was ended with a sensation.
The most spectacular lot of the auction, a Daguerreotype by the Paris manufacturer Susse Frères from 1839, was sold for unbelievable 576.600 Euro hammer price incl. premium – the highest sum ever achieved for a camera at an auction. The Susse Frères is now not only the oldest, but also the most expensive camera of all time.
More
http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?lang=3
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World's oldest camera fetches $800,000
VIENNA, Austria
-- The world's oldest commercially produced camera
— built in 1839 in the early days of photography
— was auctioned off Saturday for nearly $800,000, an auction house said.
More
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070526/ap_on_re_eu/austria_oldest_camera
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Could be that in 150 years the RED ONE will fetch about $ 1,000.000 in auction.
On Saturday, the 26th of May 2007 the eleventh WestLicht Photographica Auction was ended with a sensation.
The most spectacular lot of the auction, a Daguerreotype by the Paris manufacturer Susse Frères from 1839, was sold for unbelievable 576.600 Euro hammer price incl. premium – the highest sum ever achieved for a camera at an auction. The Susse Frères is now not only the oldest, but also the most expensive camera of all time.
More
http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?lang=3
----------
YAHOO NEWS>>
World's oldest camera fetches $800,000
VIENNA, Austria
-- The world's oldest commercially produced camera
— built in 1839 in the early days of photography
— was auctioned off Saturday for nearly $800,000, an auction house said.
More
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070526/ap_on_re_eu/austria_oldest_camera
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Could be that in 150 years the RED ONE will fetch about $ 1,000.000 in auction.