In May this year collectors, dealers, and institutions from around the world gathered for a chance to bid on photographic history. The item for sale was one of the first Daguerrotpe wooden box sliding cameras ever made. In fact the camera was made 170 years ago in September 1839, just a few weeks after the public announcement of the invention of photography itself!

So it is not surprising that when it's North German owner placed it for sale it exceeded even the auction house WestLichts expectations. The final price reached €732,000, making it the most expensive camera in the world.