Section
Antique Media & Optics
Stereoscopes, magic lanterns with hand-tinted slides, working Edison cylinder phonographs, brass-and-mahogany plate cameras, and film-era optical equipment. Working examples, restorable examples, and honest parts machines — the last always labeled as such.
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MS-OM-0005
Pre-1900
Ernst Plank magic lantern · Nuremberg, c. 1890, with 18 slides
Nuremberg tin-plate lantern with brass lens barrel, chimney intact. 18 period slides. Converted to electric; original burner boxed.
$1,350
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MS-OM-0006
Pre-1900
T. H. McAllister lantern slide set · Columbian Exposition, 24 hand-tinted, 1893
24 hand-tinted views of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair by T. H. McAllister, New York. Original mahogany frames. Colors unusually strong.
$1,850
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