Bruns Detective

Patent 730, Magazincamera
Munich, Germany
Ca. 1890s
Ex-collection Dr. Stephen Shohet

According to McKeown’s Price Guide, 12th Edition

“This rare Bruns Detective Camera is an unusual box detective camera for exposures on 9 x 12 cm. dry plates. Its unique design incorporates an auxiliary bellows with ground glass that’s mounted piggyback on top of the camera. The Steinheil brass lens slides up to double as a lens for the full-size ground glass viewer.” Christian Bruns was also famous for making camera shutters.