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Lot 162
Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
300
Price Realized
$305
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Novelty spy cameras and other photographic ephemera.
Lot comprised of novelty spy cameras, advertising pieces, and 1889 medal, including:
Expo The Watch Camera, in original maker's box, marked "The Watch Camera Complete Outfit $5." Lacks instructions and film spool, overall fine condition. -- Subminiature (spy) Camera by Sugaya Seiko. "Hope" marked on top with “Hope Anastigmat 1:4.5” marked on lens. Good condition. -- Unopened pack of 20 cigarettes entitled “All Out, A OK Keystone” issued by the Keystone Camera Company, Boston 24, Massachusetts." -- “Camera Center” Old Greenwich, Ct., Good for 5C on Any Purchase wooden nickel. -- 1889 Fiftieth Anniversary of Photography medal. White metal, 48 mm, 41.1 gm. Issued by The Photographic Times of New York to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Louis Daguerre's announcement of his photographic process. The obverse features a bust facing left of Daguerre and the legend "PRESENTED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES N.Y.," with "1839" in the left field and "1889" in the right. The reverse reads "SOUVENIR / OF THE / SEMI / CENTENNIAL / OF / PHOTOGRAPHY / AUGUST 1889." Fine condition.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.



