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Camera Auction

Martin Reinhart
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Photo Auction

Ema Kaiser
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M +43 676 4121963
kaiser@westlicht.com

Press information for our coming 17th WestLicht Photographica Auction on May 29th 2010

Please click here to download the detailed press information for the Daguerréotype Giroux, the sensational highlight of our coming sale. The zip archive (160 KB) contains a plain text and a PDF version of the press release.

The press kit (810 KB) for the camera and photo auction can be downloaded here and the press images (9 MB) for the photo auction can be found here.

Caption: The 'Daguerreotype Giroux' from 1839. The first commercially-produced camera of the world, that will be sold at the WestLicht Photographica Auction on the 29th of May 2010 in Vienna, Austria. The estimate is 500.000 – 700.000 Euros.

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Caption: Peter Coeln, the CEO of WestLicht Photographica Auction Vienna, with the 'Daguerreotype' from 1839. The first commercially-produced camera of the world, that will be sold at the WestLicht Photographica Auction on the 29th of May 2010 in Vienna, Austria. The estimate is 500.000 – 700.000 Euros.

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Caption: The label of the 'Daguerreotype Giroux' from 1839, which is signed by the inventor Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre to verify its authenticity. The first commercially-produced camera of the world, will be sold at the WestLicht Photographica Auction on the 29th of May in Vienna, Austria.

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