Tamarkin Photographica Winter 2011 Auction Catalogue 13 175 81 180 169 221 73024_TAMARKIN_Catalog_ACG.indd 1 1/11/11 8:08:20 AM 8 23 12 29 15 34 73024_TAMARKIN_Catalog_ACG.indd 2 1/11/11 8:08:35 AM Winter 2011 Auction Catalogue Tamarkin Photographica Rare Camera Auction February 20, 2011 Viewing Saturday, February 19, 2011 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Registration Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Auction Sunday, February 20, 2011 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Auction Director Stan Tamarkin Auction Managers Dan Tamarkin, Kathy Nemec-Lucas, Laura Tamarkin & Al Jean Contact Information Tamarkin Photographica, LLC 270 Amity Road, Suite 125 Woodbridge, Connecticut 06525 (203) 397-9191 – Telephone (203) 397-9393 – Fax [email protected] www.tamarkin.com 3 73024_TAMARKIN_Catalog_ACG.indd 3 1/17/11 2:03:31 PM Tamarkin Photographica Welcome to Tamarkin Photographica’s 26th rare camera auction on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at our office at 270 Amity Road, Suite 125, Woodbridge, Connecticut. Please read the General Instructions and the Terms and Conditions of Sale. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS BIDDING BY LETTER, FAX, OR E-MAIL. We are pleased to make commission bids on your behalf. All e-mail/mail/fax bids must be received by 5:00 PM on Saturday, February 19, 2011. BUYER’S PREMIUM Please state clearly your name, address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, There is a Buyer’s Premium of 17.5%. Bidders who bid at “real-time” on the date, e-mail address, credit card number (with expiration date and security internet pay a 20% Buyers Premium which defrays our additional internet code), and signature. Unless previous arrangements have been made, bids bidding expenses. that are missing full credit card information will not be entered. Catalogues will include a bid sheet and a facsimile can be downloaded from our website. CONDITION All items are offered “as is.” There is no return privilege, and all sales Please list the lot number or numbers for which you would like to bid as well are final. as your bid. Bidders will receive an invoice after the auction if their bids are successful. We have sought to express carefully in our catalogue a useful, general guide to the condition of each Lot. We have also attempted to describe any Please note that all bids will be executed at the lowest possible price damage or restoration, but our descriptions cannot be accepted as absolutely consistent with the Terms and Conditions of the auction. Tamarkin definitive and complete. The absence of such a reference does not imply that Photographica will treat mail/fax/e-mail bids as the maximum price which the a Lot is free from defects nor does any reference to particular defects imply Buyer is willing to pay and will bid only enough to exceed the reserve price, or the absence of others. Such information is given for guidance only and the the next highest bid, at the normal auction interval. condition of any Lot, and the nature and extent of any damage or restoration, should be confirmed by examination prior to the sale. VIEWING All lots are available for inspection prior to the sale. Please note the viewing In terms of function, common sense should prevail. While we have tried to schedule. Our staff will attempt to answer questions and give advice, but the call attention to conspicuous mechanical or optical problems, one should final decision to bid, and the amount to bid, is at your discretion and liability. assume that many of the Lots have seen little recent use and, therefore, have not recently been cleaned, lubricated, or adjusted. This means that many Lots, especially older cameras, might have shutter speeds and/or light meters that LOCAL TAXES might need adjusting, and that lenses and other optical items might require A 6% tax is due on all deliveries made in Connecticut. However, all lots that are lubrication and/or cleaning. delivered outside Connecticut are not charged any local taxes. GUIDE TO RATINGS OF CONDITION SHIPPING Mint Like new. No signs of use or wear. Buyer Pays Shipping Cost. Buyer is charged the direct cost plus a modest additional fee for packaging and handling. USA shipments are normally Near Mint Only one or two insignificant signs of use. made by insured UPS. Foreign shipments are normally made by insured airmail International Priority or by insured Express Air Post (EMS). Insurance Ex++ Excellent. Only very slight signs of use. is available for foreign shipments up to $5,000 by US mail and, by special arrangements, up to $75,000 for UPS. Note that some countries have limits of Ex+ Better than average. Used, but not abused. insurance and therefore the liability for shipments above a country’s limit will lie with the Buyer. Ex Average condition, signs of normal use. PAYMENT Very Good Well used but working all right. Payment can be made after the end of the sale, and, in any case, must be Good Heavily used made within five (5) days after the close of the sale. Acceptable payment may be cash (In House Only), bank check, bank wire transfer, or credit card. Poor Bad condition. Probably only useful for parts. (Acceptable credit cards are VISA, MASTERCARD, or DISCOVER or the equivalent.) All checks and other payments must clear before delivery of purchases unless prior arrangements have been made. Bank wire transfers ESTIMATES & RESERVES may be made to: The estimated prices in the catalogue descriptions are the approximate prices expected to be realized, excluding Buyer’s Premium. They are prepared well in TAMARKIN PHOTOGRAPHICA, L.L.C. advance of the auction sale and are subject to revision. Furthermore, they are Webster Bank not definitive and meant only to represent general guidelines. Every item in the Woodbridge, Connecticut auction has a private “reserve” price. Account Number: 0010543911 Bank Routing Number: 211170101 INTERNET BIDDING You will be able to bid, if you choose, in “real time” during the auction. Internet bidders pay a 20% Buyer’s Premium. 4 73024_TAMARKIN_Catalog_ACG.indd 4 1/17/11 2:03:41 PM Winter 2011 Auction Catalogue MISCELLANEOUS 13. London Stereoscopic The “King’s 24. Tower Type-3 Nr. 27952. Shutter sticky. Own” De Luxe Model. A very rare tropical Synch added. 1. Kodak Boy Scout Camera. camera, made about 1905, by the London Condition: Ex++ Condition: Ex+ Stereoscopic & Photo Co. With a 180mm Estimate: $100 - $200 Estimate: $100 - $200 Dopp. Anastigmat Goerz Dagor f6,8. Beautiful teakwood. 25. Shanghai 58-II Nr. 5865033 with 50mm 2. Eastman Kodak No. 4 Cartridge Camera Condition: Ex+ f3,5 lens and ever ready case. A handsome Nr. 4550. Estimate: $1,750 - $2,500 unit. Condition: Ex Condition: Ex++ Estimate: $100 - $200 14. Concava Tessina Nr. 768506 including Estimate: $200 - $400 cassettes, chain, film loader, and instructions. 3. Eastman Nr. 4 Panoram-Kodak Model D Condition: Ex++ 26. Clarus MS-35 B5487 with 2 inch Nr. 16665. Estimate: $300 - $600 Wollensak f2,8 Nr. 715349. Sluggish shutter. Condition: Ex Unusually good condition. Estimate: $100 - $200 15. Concava Tessina Red Nr. 62780. Condition: Ex+ In original box. A beauty. Estimate: $100 - $200 4. Houghton The “Automatic” Nr. 19176. Condition: Near Mint Made in the late 1890s, this is an interesting Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 27. Nicca IIIa Nr. 40739 with 50mm Nikkor wooden magazine camera. f2 Nr. 627953. Shutter not working. Condition: Ex 16. Dr. Paul Wolff Framed Print. Condition: Ex+ Estimate: $800 - $1,600 Architectural photo, framed with glass Estimate: $250 - $500 front, stamped on rear “Dr. Wolff & 5. Hasselblad 500 C/M 50th Anniversary Tritschler OHC” and handwritten “691.” An 28. Gamma Model III Nr. 10958 with 50mm Classic #0175 Nr. UP149792 with interesting example by the “Leica Master” of Summitar f2 Nr. 901369 Feet Scale. 80mm Planar-C f2,8, Nr. 5653285, A12 the 1920s and 1930s. Condition: Ex++ Magazine Nr. 418928, strap, Condition: Ex++ Estimate: $800 - $1,600 lens hood, and Hasselblad Leather Estimate: $150 - $250 Carrying Case. 29. Peerless Type-3 Nr. 24057 with 50mm Condition: Near Mint Sun Sophia f2 Nr. 72821. With original front Estimate: $750 - $1,250 LEICA COPIES cap. Meter scale. Engraved on bottom plate “Made for Peerless Photo Supply by Nicca 6. Alpa Alnea Mod. 7 Nr. 33523 with caps. 17. 35mm Isco Westron f3,5 Nr. 416185 with Camera Works” and on the bottom plate Condition: Ex++ adapter rings to fit to Leica screw-mount. lock, “Made in Occupied Japan.” Estimate: $700 - $1,200 Precise “using” focal length unknown. Condition: Ex+ Cloudy. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 7. Alpa Alnea Mod. Nr. 33399 with caps. Condition: Ex Condition: Ex Estimate: $100 - $200 30. Peerless Type-3 Nr. 24058 with 50mm Estimate: $500 - $800 Sun Sophia f2 Nr. 72754 Meter scale. 18. 75mm Sun Sola f3,5 Nr. 72457 with Engraved on bottom plate “Made for Peerless 8. Alpa 11e Nr. 58282 with 50mm Macro- Meter scale. Very early Leica copy of the Photo Supply by Nicca Camera Works” and Switar f1,8 Nr. 971350 with lens hood, 90mm Elmar f4. on the bottom plate lock, “Made in Occupied extension tubes, Extensan accessory, Condition: Ex Japan.” Small piece of body covering top instructions for an Alpa 10d, and the Estimate: $200 - $400 right and rear corner at bottom. original box. Condition: Ex Condition: Ex++ 19. Canon P Nr. 715643 with 50mm Canon Estimate: $1,250 - $1,750 Estimate: $1,300 - $2,000 f1,8 Nr. 240350. Condition: Ex 31. Showa Leotax Original Nr. 2175. With 9. Voigtlaender Prominent Nr. B58621 with Estimate: $200 - $400 50mm K.O.L.