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OstLicht Photo Auction

242 - Steinheil | Aplanat lenses (lot)

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€600

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Estimation

€1,000 - 1,200

Sale fees

27%

Steinheil | Aplanat lenses (lot) Estimate: €1,000–1,200 Year: 1875/94 Condition: B English: Four interesting and early brass Steinheil Aplanat large-format lenses: (1) Wide-angle Aplanat no. 10301 for Waterhouse stops, c. 1875, front lens diameter 7 cm, height 10 cm, (2) Wide-angle Aplanat (No. 2b) No. 12508, c. 1880, engraved “Weitwinkel Aplanat 15mm” with a revolving disk, covering 18x24 cm, (3) Landscape Aplanat (No. 4) No. 19587, c. 1889, front lens diameter 6 cm, height 7 cm, with a set of 6 Waterhouse stops, (4) Landscape Aplanat (No. 3) No. 38300, c. 1894, front lens diameter 5 cm, height 6 cm, with a set of 3 Waterhouse stops. All lenses are in very fine condition. German: Four interesting early large-format Steinheil brass Aplanats: (1) Wide-angle Aplanat No. 10301 for slide stops, ca. 1875, front lens diameter 7 cm, height 10 cm; (2) Wide-angle Aplanat No. 2b, No. 12508, circa 1880, engraved “Weitwinkel Aplanat 15mm,” with revolving aperture, image circle for 18 × 24 cm; (3) Landscape Aplanat No. 4, No. 19587, circa 1889, front lens diameter 6 cm, height 7 cm, with six interchangeable apertures; (4) Landscape Aplanat No. 3, No. 38300, circa 1894, front lens diameter 5 cm, height 6 cm, with three slide-in aperture blades. All lenses are in very fine condition.

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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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