1839 Camera Sells for $800,000
I have never understood the whole idea behind collecting antiques. Why would anyone want to pay premium prices for old, used stuff that usually doesn’t even work anymore? I mean, I guess I could see why someone would want a historically significant item that belonged to a famous person, but other than that…? I don’t get it.
Anyway, I just read that someone bought an old camera for about $792,000. It was a Daguerreotype by Susse Freres of France, and is believed to have been manufactured in 1839. An anonymous online bidder bought the thing. What does the buyer plan on doing with it? Heck, your guess is as good as mine!
