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170-year-old Daguerreotype camera goes on sale

WestLicht Photographica Auction will auction one of the first Daguerréotype cameras ever produced. The wooden sliding-box camera was made in Paris in September 1839 by Alphonse Giroux

The camera, which was produced a few weeks after the first public announcement of photography, will be auctioned on 29 May in Vienna. It was discovered recently after having spent decades in private ownership in northern Germany. 'The outstanding original condition of the 170-year-old apparatus is remarkable,' says the auction house.

Starting price is €200,000. However, WestLicht Auctions expects to break the world-record price of €576,000 for a camera. The Daguerréotype will be on display at he WestLicht Museum until the auction.