Collin’s Patent Field Camera 8 x 10 in., c. 1887

A & N Auxiliary C S Limited, London. Collins camera (patent no. 10103) for 8 x 10 inch, double extension up to about 54 cm, extensive adjustment options, Thornton Pickard shutter running, with 2 lenses from Dallmeyer, London: landscape lens No. 2 no. 24856 22 cm with revolver aperture (lens slightly loose in mount) and 8 ½ x 6 ½ Rapid Rectilinear no. 24947 with Waterhouse stop set with the same number in a case, both lens suitable for the same thread. Tripod ring with crack, original tripod included, with focusing screen back, 3 very well-preserved double cassettes, dark cloth, knapsack for everything and brass magnifying glass. – The rear hinge of the camera needs a new screw fixture, otherwise a stable camera, would be a good user camera following an overhaul.

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)