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unknown companies: Bon Marche

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	Average	Very good	Mint
	$60-70	$80-90	$140-160
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c1909. 9x12cm plates, folding camera.

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converted and inflation-adjusted prices:

	Date	Condition	Price
	2011-10-16	C	$19
	2003-02-28	B	$172
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by lxf001 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:36 am

The Au Bon Marche is a famous department store in Paris. Started mid-1800s. Considered one of the first department stores. The Bon Marche rebranded several cameras (most without any modification except to place a small disk, e.g, "Au Bon Marche - Comptoir Photographique" in the camera covering) and sold them at their photography counter. One example I have found (and was lucky to purchase) is an Emil Busch plate camera (note that Busch also supplied the same camera to E. Krauss, who also rebranded it) sold by Au Bon Marche probably around 1907.

Additional information on the Au Bon Marche cameras, including a rebranded Krugener Teddy and some 1903 catalogs, can be found at:

http://www.collection-appareils.fr/au_b ... _9x12.php#

Given the relative rarity of discovering one of the rebranded Au Bon Marche cameras, I suspect their value is quite high.

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