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Camera collection shows rare glimpse in imaging history but will fall apart after auction

This film magazine on display at an auction house is telling a story by itself...

November 18, 2011 - Philadelphia, PA; An impressive collection of more than 350 old cameras will be put up for auction on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 at Fuller's Fine Art Auctions in Philadelphia, PA.

( A selection of photos from this collection are published with the Nov 18, 2011 article by Alan Tu on WHYY's NewsWorks.org: "Vintage cameras to be auctioned off Saturday by Mt. Airy auction house" - You can read the article here: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local//mt-airychestnut-hill/30073-vintage-cameras-to-be-auctioned-off-saturday-by-mt-airy-auction-house )

The cameras were collected by Edward Kaprelian (1913-1997), who after WWII became an expert on camera and lens technology. In May 1945, the U.S. Army seized more than 2,000 Carl Zeiss lenses from Germany as "war reparations" and turned them over to Kaprelian, who was then serving as Chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Engineering Labs in Fort Monmouth, N.J.

Kaprelian went on to become an avid collector of photographic equipment and materials during his lifetime and amassed a large collection of important cameras spanning the history of photography.

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Contained in galleries: Highlights from Kaprelian Camera Collection - BS0133

This film magazine on display at an auction house is telling a story by itself...<br />
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November 18, 2011 - Philadelphia, PA; An impressive collection of more than 350 old cameras will be put up for auction on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 at Fuller's Fine Art Auctions in Philadelphia, PA.<br />
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( A selection of photos from this collection are published with the Nov 18, 2011 article by Alan Tu on WHYY's NewsWorks.org: "Vintage cameras to be auctioned off Saturday by Mt. Airy auction house" - You can read the article here: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local//mt-airychestnut-hill/30073-vintage-cameras-to-be-auctioned-off-saturday-by-mt-airy-auction-house )<br />
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The cameras were collected by Edward Kaprelian (1913-1997), who after WWII became an expert on camera and lens technology. In May 1945, the U.S. Army seized more than 2,000 Carl Zeiss lenses from Germany as "war reparations" and turned them over to Kaprelian, who was then serving as Chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Engineering Labs in Fort Monmouth, N.J. <br />
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Kaprelian went on to become an avid collector of photographic equipment and materials during his lifetime and amassed a large collection of important cameras spanning the history of photography.

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Camera collection shows rare glimpse in imaging history but will fall apart after auction