Camera makers across Britain, Germany, Japan and beyond all feature here, each with a different piece of photographic history behind it.
British firms such as Thornton-Pickard, founded in Manchester in 1888, and Houghton and its later Ensign brand, once one of the country's biggest camera factories, made the folding and box cameras that dominated early 20th-century photography.
Kodak's Brownie, launched in 1900 at a dollar each and named after Palmer Cox's Brownie characters, brought photography to ordinary households for the first time.
German and Japanese makers introduced much of the compact 35mm rangefinder and precision engineering that followed in the mid-20th century, and stock changes regularly to reflect that range.
Most of the cameras here are sold as collectable pieces rather than working equipment, so check each listing for its specific condition and whether it's been tested.
