Lot Essay
The number marked on the camera related to a Swiss patent dated 25 November 1918 granted to Bernard Wolf of Basle, Switzerland.
Details
BERNARD WOLF, Switzerland
A 4½ x 6cm. collapsable camera with hinged clam section, chromed struts, inset sports finder engraved + 80703, unpleated soft- leather bellows, lens-section with sliding apertures, meniscus lens, single-speed shutter and ground glass focusing screen.
A 4½ x 6cm. collapsable camera with hinged clam section, chromed struts, inset sports finder engraved + 80703, unpleated soft- leather bellows, lens-section with sliding apertures, meniscus lens, single-speed shutter and ground glass focusing screen.
Literature
Auer (1975), The Illustrated history of the camera, p. 173.