Mechanical Thaumatrope Contemporary thaumatrope with crank drive, wood and steel sheet, picture disc Ø 10 in., height with disc 11 3/4 in., mounte...

Miniature Zoetrope, c. 1890 The tiniest tin toy "wheel-of-life" offered yet at auction! Tin drum and brass stand. With 7 twin-sided comic paper st...

"Delft Blue" Wall Tile with Peep Show Scene Tile size 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in., showing two people with rare double peep show. Condition: (2/-) Fliese m...

Polyorama Panoptique, c. 1850 French viewer for tinted paper day/night metamorphic pictures of 5 ½ x 7 4/5 in., paper-covered body, bellows, label...

Desk Set with Stanhope Quillpen Jerusalem gift, carved wood, width 9 7/8 in. Condition: (3-/-) Schreibtischgarnitur mit Stanhope-Feder schreiber ...

Lithophane Portable Holder and Lithophane Plate, c. 1860 1) E.G. Zimmermann, Hanau. Lithophane portable holder, cast iron, marked: E.G. Zimmermann...

19 x "Vues Photoscopiques"18,8 x 19 cm, c. 1880 A.H. Editeur, Paris. 19 Photoscopic views for translucent pictures, partly with pin pricks, pictur...

5 Spatiographs (Obelisk Prism) Sharpened crystal glass, 4 x television tower of Berlin and 1 x butterfly, height between 7 and 10 in., one spatiog...

Camera Lucida "P. Berville, Paris", c. 1900 Chambre Claire Universelle by P. Berville. Nickel instrument for correct perspective drawing as used ...

Zoetrope, c. 1900 Unmarked, wooden drum with wooden base, drum Ø 8 in., height 14 ½ in., drum inside re-lacquered, with 5 strips. Condition: (2-3/...

Camera-Obscura Lens in Wooden Mount, c. 1780 Unmarked, optic in turned-wood mount, approx. 30 cm focal length, lens element Ø 2 ¾ in., screw mount...

Multiplex Hologram, c. 1970-75 A moving hologram picture depicting a woman putting on (or taking off) a pair of sunglasses, depending on the posit...

2 Sciopticons and Magic Lantern Slides, c. 1880 1) Sciopticon for 8 x 8 cm lantern slides (and other formats), marked: "Maison de la Bonne Presse,...

Magic Lantern by Gebr. Bing, c. 1900 Gebr. Bing, Nuremberg. Small magic lantern for strip and wood-framed slides of 2 ¾ in., with blued-steel body...

English Sciopticon Height approx. 13 in., unmarked, without burner (no electrification!), with original wooden carrier for glass slides of 3 1/6 x...

Lot of Magic Lantern Slides 1) 11 wood-framed "John Gilpin" magic lantern slides. 4 x 7 in. (10 x 17,5 cm), part-set of hand-colored slides (missi...

French Figural Mantel Clock Depicting a Magic Lantern showman, brass movement, enameled dial, ormolu case, with a figure of a traveling showman, a...

Glass Slides from Japan, c. 1900 Approx. 49 glass slides of 6 x 6 cm (2 1/3 x 2 1/3 in.), predominantly cartoons, however some pictures, many slid...

Kinematador No. 790 by Ernst Plank, 1897 One of the most attractive magic lantern projectors, for stationary glass strip slides (4,5 cm) and discs...

"Magic Lantern Show" Poster, 1904 Extremely rare original poster, dated 1904. Size: 24 x 36 in.! - Superb decoration for any major collection and ...

The Lowest Magic Lantern by Lapierre: "Bijou", c. 1880 Frères Lapierre, Paris. The lowest magic lantern by Lapierre, tin plate, original non-color...

Movikon 16, 1934 Zeiss Ikon, Dresden. 16mm movie camera, for 30m daylight spools, lens: Sonnar 1,4/25 mm, connected with split-image rangefinder, ...

Cine Kodak A, c. 1925 Kodak, Rochester. Movie camera for 16mm film on 30m daylight spools, hand-cranked, lens: Kodak 1,9/25 mm, variable finder wh...

Bolex Auto-Cine Camera, 1930 Paillard, Switzerland. Movie camera for 16mm film on 15m spools, clockwork drive 16 p/s. Lens: fixed focus 1:3,5/25 m...

Eclair ACL 16 mm, c. 1975 Eclair, Paris. Low-noise 16mm reflex camera for hand and tripod operations, lens: Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 1:2,8/ 10-100 mm. -...

Movie Lenses for 16mm Cameras, c. 1935 Kodak, USA. 1) Cine Ektar 1:2,5/15 mm. - 2) Cine Ektar 1:4/25 mm. - 3) Cine Ektar 1:2/63 mm - All with c-mo...

Kinoptik Apochromat 2/50 mm Kinoptik, Paris. No. 5734, optics stained, helical focusing stiff. Condition: (3-/4) Kinoptik Apochromat 2/50 mm Kino...

Kinamo N25, c. 1925 Zeiss Ikon, Dresden. 35mm movie camera for 25 m film in Zeiss Ikon cassette (inside), clockwork-drive (stuck), lens: Tessar 3,...

2 "MB" Light Tanks, 1950s "Foki D.P. MB A.P.a. Germany". 2 light tanks, both illuminated by 6 Nitraphote bulbs (à 250 watt = 1.500 watt), both wit...

Super Parvo, c. 1938 André Debrie, Paris. No. S/2 7508. Noise-absorbing 35mm camera for dubbing records, driven by Debrie 380 V synchronous motor,...

Pair of Anamorphotic-Kiptar 2x, c. 1955 Isco - Göttingen. Cine Anamorphotic, for stretching a Cinemascope-format film into a panoramic one. Screw-...

Original Advertising Poster "Kaiser-Panorama", c. 1895 Early advertising poster, promoting "Bad Homburg Aschaffenburg" and "am schönen Rhein". Wit...

3 Movie and Slide Projectors 1) Gebr. Bing, Nürnberg. Toy movie projector for 35 mm film, size 18 x 24 mm, complete with chimney and burner, c. 19...

"Rotofoto" Mutoscope, c. 1910 Small German mutoscope by an unknown maker, 9 ½ in. high, with mutoscope picture reel "Old Shatterhand und Winnetou ...

Lot of Movie Projectors 1) Toy cinematograph, Bing Werke, c. 1915, complete with chimney and film spool. - 2) Toy cinematograph marked "J.F.", com...

Mutoscope with Mutoscope Roll "Love in the Office", c. 1920 Unusual model with original Mutoscope reel. Ingenious stationary electric motor with a...