Xit, Shewgraph, Eclipse and L'Idéale

1) Shew, London. The Xit, mahogany-aluminum strut-folding camera for plates of 8 x 10 cm, Shew Paris no. 3109, lens in slingshot shutter (spring missing), with Shew viewfinder and inserted original pack film cassette. – 2) The Shewgraph Patent, 1889, for 7.6 x 10.1 cm, precious wood with brass fittings, numbered 165 at the front of the brass shutter, aplanatic lens with drive and distance scale as well as iris diaphragm, sits on a rotary slingshot shutter, working, shutter release added, with focusing screen back. – 3) Eclipse, mahogany, 8 x 10.5 cm, Shew lens mount with unmarked lens and built-in rotary shutter, working, with viewfinder and inserted double cassette. – And: 4) F. Jonte & Ch. Monti. L'Idéale, 1892, no. 252, strut-folding camera for plates 9 x 12 cm, mahogany, wine-red bellows, optics with rotating diaphragm and centrifugal shutter, clip-on viewfinder and focusing screen back. – Nice small collection of cameras of a similar construction type.

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)