![]() Read MoreĮldreds Antiques & Fine Art sale on 28th March is shaping up nicely with an interesting selection of silver and jewellery on offer.Īmongst the silver section of the sale can be found a “castle top” box a Victorian souvenir at the height of their popularity between 18 and depicting well-known castles, stately homes, monuments and cathedrals. Viewing for the sale will be on Saturday 20th May 9.00am-12 noon and Monday 22nd May 9.00am-5.00pm. Particularly interesting examples include a mid-1930’s Zeh Zeca-Flex folding TLR camera with Compur-Rapid shutter and Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:3.5 f=7.5cm lens, a wide-angle Rolleiflex TLR camera with Carl Zeiss Distagon f4 55mm lens, hood and leather case and a Graflex Century Graphic 2¼'' x 3¼'' press camera, with red bellows, Rodenstock - Ysarex f4.5 105mm lens, Synchro-Compur-P shutter and Kalart Synchronised Range Finder.Īlso in the collection is a quantity of charming actual-size camera models, scratch-built mainly from wood, which would look superb on display in a shop or with a collection and the full range will be offered for sale in Eldreds auction of Antiques, Art, Clocks, Ceramics, Glass & Works of Art on Tuesday 23rd May, from 10.00am. The huge collection of literally 100’s of cameras, lenses and accessories consigned for sale by auction, spans the full date range of the production of commercial photographic technology from the 19th century onwards and comprises a vast assortment of quality examples, from the earliest mahogany and brass plate and bellows cameras to sub-miniature models, including two by Minox, often associated with espionage. The Austin name disappeared in 1987.A life through the lens - a huge collection of antique and vintage cameras, lenses and related items.Ī fascination for all things photographic and a career as a cameraman for a local tv station has led to the largest collection of antique and vintage cameras ever seen at Eldreds. BMC became part of British Motor Holdings in 1966, then sank into British Leyland, later renamed Rover Group. Leonard Lord oversaw the postwar growth of Austin, and its combination with the Nuffield group in 1952 as the British Motor Corporation. He reorganised the work processes, launched new models and prepared Austin for War. In 1938 Leonard Lord, snubbed by William Morris, moved across to Longbridge to help the opposition. ![]() He made a number of successful vehicle types, and in the 1920s and 1930s Austin became famous for the Seven and the Heavy Twelve, among many other car types. When Vickers engaged J D Siddeley to build 'Peugeot-type' cars, Herbert Austin, still not yet 40, left Wolseley and set up his own firm, the Austin Motor Co, in Birmingham. In 1901 owners Vickers set up the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co Ltd in Birmingham, with Austin as manager, with a 33% shareholding. Austin persuaded the Wolseley board to invest in car production, which began in 1896. ![]() He sold the patents in exchange for shares, and he was appointed Works Manager in Birmingham, where bicycles were made during lulls in production. Austin took out personal patents on the improved machines, and in March 1892 he returned to England with his wife and daughter. He was offered a position with the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co in Sydney. The confident young Austin told Wolseley he could make new sheep-shearing machinery work better. As a teenager Herbert Austin went to work on a sheep farm in Australia, owned by Frederick York Wolseley.
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