Vintage Camera Obscura
Blurry Upright Camera Obscura: Santa Maria Della Salute with Scaffolding
By Abelardo Morell
Located in London, GB
Blurry Upright Camera Obscura: Santa Maria Della Salute with Scaffolding
Signed, inscribed with
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Late 20th Century Vintage Camera Obscura
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Archival Pigment
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H 60 in W 48 in
Camera Obscura: View of the Manhattan Bridge, April 30th, Morning, 2010
By Abelardo Morell
Located in London, GB
Camera Obscura: View of the Manhattan Bridge, April 30th, Morning, 2010
Signed, inscribed with
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Late 20th Century Vintage Camera Obscura
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Archival Pigment
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H 30 in W 40 in
Camera Obscura: Early Morning View of the East Side of Midtown Manhattan
By Abelardo Morell
Located in London, GB
Camera Obscura: Early Morning View of the East Side of Midtown Manhattan
Signed, inscribed with
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Late 20th Century Vintage Camera Obscura
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Archival Pigment
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H 30 in W 40 in
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room
By Abelardo Morell
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room, 1996
Attributed to Abelardo
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Late 20th Century Minimalist Vintage Camera Obscura
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Paper
Colette, Paris
By Andre Kertesz
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of
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1930s Vintage Camera Obscura
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Silver Gelatin
$7 Million - Abelardo Morell (Black and White Photography)
By Abelardo Morell
Located in London, GB
verre and, most famously, the camera obscura.
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Late 20th Century Vintage Camera Obscura
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Archival Pigment
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H 18 in W 22 in
Nadelman/Hopper, Yale University Art Gallery - Abelardo Morell
By Abelardo Morell
Located in London, GB
verre and, most famously, the camera obscura.
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Late 20th Century Vintage Camera Obscura
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Archival Pigment
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H 32 in W 40 in
George Woodman (US 1932-2017) 'German Hero' Original Signed Photograph, 1993
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
, India, 2001; and Camera Obscura Photographs, Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, 2004. A
retrospective
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Paper
H 49 in W 40.75 in D 1 in
Israeli Contemporary Street Art Sign, Traffic Sign Painting Street Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Design, Jerusalem
Department of Digital Simulation, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv-Yaffo
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Camera Obscura
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Metal
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Italy Art Deco Dining Room Set, table, chairs & sideboards, by Osvaldo Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
They can be sold separately
1930s amazing dining room in burl walnut flame applied with particular edge to 45 degrees, the furniture industry "Guido Pennati", design attributed to Os...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Camera Obscura
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Velvet, Mirror, Walnut, Burl
H 787.41 in W 590.56 in D 787.41 in
Italian Modern Sidebar by Vittorio Dassi
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage Italian wall unit features stunning Mid-Century design and offers a modular cabinet display perfect for storage in any modern setting. Rich lacquered wood finish is comp...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Wood
Liquor trolley by Cesare Lacca - brass and rosewood
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Antwerp, BE
Well shaped Italian liquor trolley/serving cart by Cesare Lacca.
Marvellous Italian bar trolley in brass and burgundy red lacquered wood. This stunning piece was designed by Cesare ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Camera Obscura
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Brass
Stephanie Todhunter, Princess Bitterness, Mixed Media Collage, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Stephanie Todhunter
Title: Princess Bitterness
Medium: Mixed Media, Collage, Spray Paint, Wax on Canvas
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Year: 2016
Stephanie Todhunter is an interdisci...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Camera Obscura
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Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Spray Paint
Antique "No. 1A Kodak Junior" Folding Camera c.1914-1927 (FREE SHIPPING)
By Eastman Kodak
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
The body of camera is leather wrapped with a leather handle and brass and chrome accents. It folds smoothly closed to 1.75 inches. Solid brass "Marshall Field and Company" t...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Vintage Camera Obscura
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Metal, Chrome
At First Light: Two Centuries of Maine Artists, Their Homes and Studios
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
At First Light: Two Centuries of Maine Artists, Their Homes and Studios
Author Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank H. Goodyear III and Michael K. Komanecky, Foreword by Stuart Kestenbau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vintage Camera Obscura
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Paper
Archimede Seguso Murano 1950s Opal White Italian Art Glass Cat Kitten Sculpture
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent white Italian art glass kitty cat sculpture or figurine. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, circa 1950s. It has 2 "Archimede Segu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Opaline Glass
H 6.13 in W 3 in D 3.13 in
A Kay Whitcomb Enamel 1966
By Kay Whitcomb
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A great enamel by Kay Whitcomb, framed, signed and dated 1966. Titled" Where your Treasure is, there will your Heart be also"
A note about the artist: " Whitcomb was born in 1921 in...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
Materials
Enamel
Barbini Murano Pulegoso Black Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Kitty Cat Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Pulegoso bubbles, over black core and gold flecks Italian art glass cat sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The cat st...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Gold Leaf
H 5.75 in W 2.5 in D 4 in
John Muench at Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art (Signed by John Muench)
Located in New York, NY
John Muench at Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art (Signed by John Muench), ca. 1982
Offset lithograph poster (Hand signed by John Muench)
Hand-signed by artist, Pencil signed by John...
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Camera Obscura
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Lithograph, Offset
Modern Black and White Stone Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
An English modern style black and white stone jewelry or trinket box, circa late-20th century, England. Box has tapered corners and is polished smooth. A great piece for a desk, vani...
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Late 20th Century English Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Stone, Marble
Tapestry, Brazilian Artist, 1980 Sign Renot
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Tapestry Design Renot
Brazilian artist 1980
The tapestry is restored.
Sign:
Renot 1980 Bahia Brazil original
Atelier Studio Renot
Salvador- Bahia
Renot - Reinaldo Eliomar d...
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1980s Brazilian Space Age Vintage Camera Obscura
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Tapestry
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949),
GTW #11 -7, 1986,
Oil and mixed media on paper,
30.25 x 44 inches,
Hand signed and dated lower right
Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Camera Obscura
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
Modular Cube Sculpture by Kosso Eloul Israeli Artist 1920-1995 Toronto Canada
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Modular Cube sculpture by Kosso Eloul Israeli artist 1920-1995
Sold in Toronto circa 1970s
Brushed aluminum and black painted wood interior
Unsigned, which is typical as most wer...
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1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Aluminum
H 14.5 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
Important Benjamin Baldwin Burl Wood Shelf or Wall Console
By Benjamin Baldwin
Located in Chicago, IL
Benjamin Baldwin custom wall-mounted console in burled elm, from the C.F. Murphy Jr. residence, Chicago.
Hidden bracket for Minimalist look secures to wall.
Woodwork Corporation of A...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Burl
His Only Pet
Located in New York, NY
Charles Caleb Ward was born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, the grandson of a New York Ward who had left for New Brunswick around the time of the Revolutionary War because of loy...
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Late 19th Century American Realist Vintage Camera Obscura
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Oil, Board
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Camera Obscura
By Valle Nieto
Located in Cathedral City, CA
An assembled sculpture by Valle Nieto from 1992.
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Late 20th Century Italian Vintage Camera Obscura
Materials
Metal
Abelardo Morell, 'Houses Across the Street from Our Living Room' Camera Obscura
By Abelardo Morell
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Abelardo Morell, Coban/American b. 1948.
'Camera Obscura Image of Houses Across the Street from
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Paper
H 25.25 in W 30.5 in D 1 in
Abelardo Morell "Central Park..." Gelatin Print
Located in New York, NY
Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) Camera Obscura, "Central Park looking northwest in office", Gelatin
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Plastic
Engine, Frankfurt Airport, Abstract Silver Gelatin Print by Vera Lutter
By Vera Lutter
Located in Long Island City, NY
To capture this image, Lutter transported her shipping container-turned-camera obscura to the
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1990s Conceptual Vintage Camera Obscura
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Silver Gelatin
William Webber Signed Original Midcentury Oil Painting "Camera Obscura", 1950s
Located in Studio City, CA
A whimsical original oil painting by American artist William Webber titled "Camera Obscura", circa
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camera Obscura
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Paint
H 33 in W 13 in D 1.5 in
Dance Erotica
By Eliaz Slonim
Located in Los Angeles, CA
studies at Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv and the Teffen Museum.
In 2003 he had a major exhibition Kunsthalle
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1980s Art Deco Vintage Camera Obscura
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Canvas, Oil
Parade, Metropolitan Opera
By David Hockney
Located in Missouri, MO
mirror, the "camera obscura"*, and the "camera lucida"* were widely used by artists as early as the 1400s
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Camera Obscura
Materials
Offset
Malcolm Morley: Untitled
Located in London, GB
models observed through a camera obscura system.
By the mid-1990s, however, he again reverted to
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Late 20th Century Vintage Camera Obscura
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Vintage Camera Obscura For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate vintage camera obscura for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the minimalist style, while we also have 1 minimalist versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a vintage camera obscura from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a vintage camera obscura to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of black, blue, orange and more. Creating a vintage camera obscura has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Abelardo Morell and Andre Kertesz are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in archival pigment print, pigment print and alkyd paint can add an especially memorable touch.
How Much is a Vintage Camera Obscura?
A vintage camera obscura can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $12,700, while the lowest priced sells for $1,700 and the highest can go for as much as $30,000.
Questions About Vintage Camera Obscura
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Opinions on how old a camera has to be to be considered vintage vary. However, the general consensus is that cameras manufactured more than 50 years ago qualify for the label. You can find a range of vintage cameras on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022If your vintage Polaroid camera is still in working order, you can absolutely still use it. The one thing to check is whether the compatible film is readily available. If it is, then point and click away! You can find a selection of vintage polaroid cameras from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.