Dubroni No.3 (oval, outfit)
The Dubroni No.3 (oval, outfit) is a 19th-century French wet-collodion camera designed for in-camera processing, allowing the photographer to sensitise, expose and develop a plate inside the body itself. The oval-bodied No.3 was supplied as a complete outfit with the chemistry bottles, holders and accessories needed to work in the field.
Dubroni cameras almost never appear at saleroom level, so price discovery is thin: the only recorded UK auction hammer result for the No.3 oval outfit is £14,400 from December 2010, which sets the reference point for what a complete example has been worth in the auction market. As of 2026 there is no later comparable to confirm whether today's value would be higher or lower, and any sale price would be highly sensitive to completeness of the outfit and condition of the chemistry fittings.
Sales History
Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.
| Date | Price | Source | |
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| Dec 2010 | EUR 14,400 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 18 (Lot AI_18_11655) Title: Dubroni Nr.3 Ausrüstung
Description:
rare large version for 7cm diameter oval exposures, walnut body, amber glass bottle interior with a Dubroni slide focusing brass bound Petzval type lens, in maker's original oak box with printed lid interior inscribed 'PHOTOGRAPHIE DE SALON APPARETE DUBRONI BREVETE EN FRANCE A A L ETRANGER PARIS RUE DE RIVOLI 236', complete and very rare outfit with all accessories (eight Dubroni bottles with wooden stoppers, pipettes, glass funnels, walnut plate holders, box of glass plates), the Dubroni was the first camera to include an internal system for processing. The plates were first sensitized then developed and fixed inside the camera which had a fixed glass bottle inside the body of camera. All the necessary materials required for processing were supplied in the outfit box. Complete outfits are extremely rare, this was made for export to Japan with an Japanese label Estimate: EUR 20,000 - EUR 24,000 |
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