The Dr Dinesh Parekh Camera Collection
Catalog Information: 350 lots with images | View lots
Date: July 18, 2010
Auction House:
Location:
333 Malvern Road
South Yarra
Melbourne,
Australia
3141
Phone: +61 (0)3 9826 4333
Fax: +61 (0)3 9826 4544
Email: info@leonardjoel.com.au
Viewing Notes:
Wednesday 14th July 2010 9am to 8pm; Thursday 15th July 9am to 5pm; Friday 16th July 9am to 5pm; Saturday 17th July 10am to 5 pm; & Sunday 18th July doors open 10am.
Lot 1: Praxinoscope
Praxinoscope E. Reynauld, Paris; the viewing drum mounted on a turned turned-wood column and base, with hand-crank mechanism, and a quantity of picture strips
Lot 2: Robinson's patent Photograph Album
Robinson's patent Photograph Album D. Millard & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; wood-body, metal and white-glass fittings, containing a strip of carte-de-visite photographs, visible through a glass window, exterior handles for changing moving the images, [...more]
Lot 3: Polyrama Panoptique
Polyrama Panoptique France; the green-paper covered body containing six 20 x 14cm. views; green-paper bellows and mahogany lens panel with viewing lens
Lot 4: Praxinoscope Théatre
Praxinoscope Théatre E. Reynauld, Paris; the metal drum mounting on a turned wood stand, with brass candle holder, mirror, candle shade and chromo-lithographed inserts and a quantity of picture strips
Lot 5: Midgette Movie Theatre
Midgette Movie Theatre Midgette Toy Co., Mansfield, Mass.; the coloured cardboard exterior with viewing aperture and hand-crank, containing one paper movie reel; Midgette Movie Re-Fills box containing two shows on eight books (2)
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