Adams Minex de Luxe Camera, c. 1910

Adams & Co., London. Tropical reflex camera with brown reptile leather covering, for plate format 4 x 5 in., blackened teak with burnished brass fittings, with Ross Xpress 4.5/7 ¼ in., focal plane shutter 1/1000 sec. (working, cloth good), brown bellows, attached magazine with changing bag for the smaller format 9 x 12 cm (with 12 inserts) in matching original covering, concealed compartment for plates and large diopter viewfinder, optics clean. - In addition: Original Adams leather case for a telephoto lens. - Note: A very rare camera with luxury finish, probably a special commission for a photographer (similar to Carl Georg Schillings, 1864-1921) who preferred not to be recognized from afar by the telltale flashing brass of a mahogany camera.

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)