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Contessa Werke: Contessa Reflex

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	Average	Very good	Mint
	$360-380	$500-520	$800-900
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c1913-1914. 4.5x6cm (Model A) or 6x6cm (Model B) plates, box-type, SLR camera.

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	Date	Condition	Price
	2015-09-26	5F	$224
	2003-02-28	B	$729
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by Madd10 » Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:37 am

One was sold on Sept 26 2015 by Auction Team breker for 200 Euro (excl 22.3% commission) normal condition (see price above).
"Rare Folding Reflex Camera by Contessa, c. 1913
Contessa Camerawerk, Stuttgart. Forerunner of "Faltreflex" and "Miroflex" SLR cameras respectively. Plate size 9 x 12 cm, Steinheil lens Unofocal 4,5/15 cm, focal plane shutter "Deck-Rullo Nettel". Only produced for a short time. – One of the rarest SLR cameras by Contessa!"

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by diser » Sun Nov 08, 2015 9:16 am

I think this Team Breker model was made by Nettel, not Contessa.
1) Shutter is from Nettel
2) Unofocal lenses were used a lot in Nettel cameras at that time
3) Most importantly, Willem Brandsma (who previously worked for Loman, Holst, Schaap, and then became owner of this company) invented this camera and sold it to Nettel between 1906 when he became an owner, and 1918, when he left the company. Nettel merged with Contessa only a year later.

Looks like this is the one.

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