Oldest camera up for Auction

From BornRich.org

"Before the famous catchword “say cheese” was coined, a Giroux “Daguerreotype” – the world’s first commercially-produced camera was invented. The 170 years old camera (previously undocumented) remained in private ownership in northern Germany for generations and goes up for auction this May at WestLicht Auctions in Vienna. Believed to be the world’s oldest and most expensive camera, the wooden sliding-box camera was made in Paris in September 1830 by Alphonse Giroux. The camera signed by Jacques Mande Daguerre verifies the device’s authenticity and is accompanied by a manual written in German that goes along with the camera."
http://www.bornrich.org/entry/the-world-s-oldest-and-most-expensive-camera-is-up-for-the-grabs/