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OstLicht Photo Auction

124 - Balda | Super Pondura

Starting price

€300

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Estimation

€500 - 600

Sale fees

27%

Balda | Super Pondura Estimate: €500–600 Year: c.1938 Condition: B English: The Super Pondura was the top-of-the-line medium-format folding camera manufactured by Balda in Dresden, Germany, before World War II. The camera is a 6x9 cm folding camera with a coupled rangefinder and a very sleek design. The rangefinder and the viewfinder—which feature automatic parallax compensation, a very rare feature for the time—have separate windows beneath a long chrome top housing. Equipped with a Trioplan 3.8/10.5 cm lens (no. 826973) and a Compur-Rapid shutter. German: The Super Pontura was Balda’s top-of-the-line medium-format folding camera from Dresden before World War II. This elegant 6 × 9 cm folding camera features a coupled rangefinder. The rangefinder and viewfinder—which feature automatic parallax compensation, an extremely rare feature for that time—have separate windows beneath an elongated chrome top housing. Fitted with a Trioplan 3.8/10.5 cm No. 826973 in a Compur-Rapid shutter.

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Auction details

OstLicht Camera Auction: Fall 2026
Saturday, November 21
11:00 AM
Absberggasse 27
1100 Vienna, Austria

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OstLicht Photo Auction +43 6 64 20 11 850 coeln@ostlicht.org
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 2,000 lots published

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