Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage Camera

A Collection of Vintage Camera Flash Bulbs by Philips, Wotan, Atlas, and Universa This lot comprises a collection of vintage disposable camera flash bulbs from various manufacturers, including Philips, Wotan, Atlas, and Universa, primarily in original period packaging. The models included are Philips Photoflux PF1B, Wotan Vacublitz XM 1B, Atlas AG3B, and Universa AG 3B. These items are disposable capless, all-glass miniature flash bulbs. The B suffix indicates a blue-tinted coating, which is colour-balanced for daylight film. The collection includes seven boxes: three boxes of Universa AG 3B (twenty bulbs per box), one box of Atlas AG3B (ten bulbs), two boxes of Philips PF1B (five bulbs per box), and one box of Wotan XM 1B (five bulbs). The Universa packaging features multilingual markings including Blitzlampen and lampade flash. The Wotan box is marked universal and Vacublitz. One Philips box features a handwritten blue ink mark reading 3/4. These items reflect mid-20th century photographic consumer goods common in the United Kingdom and European markets.