Globus-Stella "Quill-Camera" (24 x 30 cm) and Folding-Bed Camera

1) Neue Görlitzer Camera-Werke. Similar to Globus-Stella Reisekamera Modell IV, marked "Quill-Camera", size 24 x 30 cm comparable to 10 x 12 in., mahogany body (described in the 1932 catalog as 'finely polished old mahogany’), dark-red bellows, triple extension, moving back with crank, movable front with screw and mount for sunshade, tilting front and back standards, with focusing screen back. With very large Thornton-Pickard shutter in same wood for max. 4 in. diameter, cloth of shutter curtain dry, working but string-release torn. With well-preserved original-double-cassette. A good, professional super-large-format camera! – And: 2) German, plate size 5 x 7 in. (13 x 18 cm), polished walnut body with brass fittings, green bellows with dark-red corners, focusing screen back. Rapid-Rectilinear lens by Bausch & Lomb in ball-bearing shutter. – A good camera for the 'small format’ of the period.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)