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Eragraph projector
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £2,640
  • ($5,182)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £400 - £600
  • ($785 - $1,178)

Sale Information

Sale 5143
Cameras, Photographs and Optical Toys
28 March 2007
London, South Kensington





Lot Description

Eragraph projector
Haydon and Urry, London; 35mm., brass hand-cranked mechanism, intermittent movement with maltese cross, top-mounted film holder, front plate with lens and maker's plate, the whole mounted on a rack-over assembly and attached to a wooden base board with a painted steel electric light lantern

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Literature

John Barnes (1983), The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain, p. 66-69
http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Films.html

Lot Notes

Haydon and Urry were an Islington based manufacturer of film equipment as well as producing films of their own. The firm was formed in 1893 and was active until it's patents were transferred to a new company in March 1900. It was mainly active between 1896 and 1898. The Eragraph was patented in 1897. The model discussed by Barnes differs from the present lot in the placement of the lens which is mounted on the front plate rather than between the two chassis plates.

The reference cited above provides a detailed history of the firm and products and shows different examples of the Eragraph projector including a model owned by Eric Lange.

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