(AFP) - A Daguerreotype Giroux is displayed at the Westlicht Museum. A daguerreotype, the world's first commercially produced camera, dating from 1839 and bearing the rare signature of its French inventor, sold at auction in Vienna Saturday for a... [Full Article]
(AFP) - The owner of the Westlicht Galery, Peter Coeln, poses with a very rare Alphonse Giroux Daguerreotype camera from 1839. The camera will go under the hammer on May 29, 2010 in Vienna for bids expected to start at 200,000 euros and a sale expect... [Full Article]