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Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:350
Sale Title:The Dr Dinesh Parekh Camera CollectionLots with images:318
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:340
Date:18-Jul-2010
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Twin lens Z camera No. T21, Newman and Guardia, London; quarter-plate, with internally-contained plate magazine, pivoting optical reflex finder, with viewing lens and a Carl Zeiss, Jena, Anastigmat f/6. 140 mm. Lens No. 131 in a N& G patent shutter
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NYdia camera No. 1068, Newman & Guardia, London; quarter-plate, the plate magazine attached by bellows and metal struts to the lens and shutter assembly, with a Ross, London Homocentric 5. 5 lens No. 63899; a NYdia Premo film pack adapter back No. 92, (2)
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Reflex camera obscura, mahogany-body (repolished),with internal mirror, ground-glass focusing screen with hinged cover, lens and lens cover
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Pocket Cyko No. 2 camera no. 645, J. J. Griffin & Sons Ltd., London; quarter-plate, alloy-metal body, focusing screem, pop-out waist-level viewfinder, leather bellows, lens and shutter
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Pocket Kozy Improved camera, Kozy camera Co, Boston, Ma. rollfilm, rounded-end model, red-leather bellows, with lens and shutter, -6
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Argus camera, Contessa-Nettel, Germany; 4. X 6 cm., focusing screen, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/4. 5. cm. Lens No. 42341
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Eder patent twin lens camera No. 1125, Germany; 120-rollfilm, with focusing screen, a viewing lens and a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/4. 5 7. 5 cm. Taking lens No. 1359702 in a rimset Compur shutter, a rare non-reflex twin lens camera. Two previous sales records
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Korelle P camera, Kochmann, Germany; 4. 5 x 6 cm., with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/2. 8 7. 5 cm. Lens No. 1580462 in a Compur-Rapid shutter
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Kodak No. 1 replica camera No. 2111, National Museum of Photography, film and television, Bradford; with winding key and lens cover, instruction booklets and a Centenary History of the Kodak, in maker's original box, Commissioned by the Nmpft, Bradford, in 1988, in an edition of 2500 to commemorate the centenary of the Kodak camera. It was handmade by the early music workshop in Bradford as an exact (non-working) replica
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Prominent camera No. D967175, Voigtlander, Germany; pre-war model; 120-rollfilm, with side-mounted removable extinction meter and a Voigtlander Heliar f/4. 10. cm. Lens No. 40571 in a Compur shutter
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Variogon f/5.6 140-280 mm. lens no. 13342348, Schneider, Germany; Hasselblad-fit, with front and back caps, in a Hasselblad leather case
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No. 2 Stereo Kodak camera No. 2697, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, Ny; rollfilm, with a pair of lenses in shutter
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Rolleiflex wide-Angle TLR No. W2491811, Franke & Heidecke, Germany; 120-rollfilm, with a Heidosmat f/4 55 mm. Viewing lens No. 508802 and a Carl Zeiss Distagon f/4 55 mm. Taking lens No. 506333 in a Synchro-Compur shutter and lens cover
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Rolleiflex Telephoto TLR No. S2306556, Franke & Heidecke, Germany; 120-rollfilm, with built in light meter (inoperative), a Heidosmat f/4 135 mm. Viewing lens No. 230600 and a Carl Zeiss Sonnar f/4 135 mm. Taking lens No. 230271 in a Synchro-Compur shutter and lens cover
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Piccolo camera No. 872, photo-opera, France; three 4 cm. Rollfilm, with lens and top-mounted optical finder, made for the newly introduced pocket Kodak rollfilm and similar in design to the No. 1 Cone pocket Kodak camera of c. 1898
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Wonder cannon, ferrotype camera Chicago Ferrotype Co., Chicago; 1-inch diameter, metal body, with lens, and later base-mounted developing tank
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Stereo cameras, comprising a Contessa-Nettel 45 x 107 mm. Steroco with a pair of Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/6. 3 5. 5 cm. Lenses nos 1289034 and 1289027 with film pack adapter; an Ica 45 x 107 mm. Folding plate camera with a pair of Ica lenses Hekla in a Compur Stereo shutter; an Eho rollfilm box camera with a pair of Eho Duplar f/11 lenses, -5
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Street ferrotype cameras, comprising a P. D. Q. Camera Co, Chicago, cast-metal camera with lens and base-mounted developing tank; a leather-covered upright boxform street camera with lens and internal processing chambers, -5 (2)
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Mandel-ette postcard camera, Chicago Ferrotype Co., Chicago; with lens, rear dark cloth,and base-mounted developing tank
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Key hand camera no. 3, American [?]; 3. 5 x 3. 5 inches, the camera based stamped '3', with key operating the four internal plate holders each pivoting on once side of the camera, with lens and shutter, the inside back stamped 20599 and Patented April 14,18[??], An unusual design: each plate holder, which is hinged, rests parallel against each of the four camera sides and the key is used to bring each plate into position for exposure
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Cameras, comprising an O. P. L, France, Foca 3-star camera No. 55479B with an Oplar f/3. 5 5 cm. Lens; an Officine Galileo, Italy, Candog I camera with an Eliog f/3. 5 5 cm. Lens; an I. S. O, Italy, duplex Super 120 stereo camera No. 9523, (3)
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Super Ikonta 533/16 No. A40308, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 120-rollfilm, with a Zeiss-Opton Tessar T f/2. 8 80 mm. Lens No. 1119172 in a Synchro-Compur shutter
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Super Ikonta Bx 533/16 camera No. S19978, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 120-rollfilm, with a Zeiss-Opton Tessar f/2. 8 80 mm. Lens No. 1116287 in a Synchro-Compur shutter, in maker's ever ready case, in maker's box, -4
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Brownie star Cameras advertising display stand, the metal display stand with camera rests and enamelled-metal header board, with a blue and a red Brownie Starflash camera, a Starmite camera and a Starlet camera, (5)
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Hasselblad Super wide C camera No. TSW3613, Hasselblad, Sweden; 6 x 6 cm., with a Carl Zeiss Biogon f/4. 38 mm. Lens No. 992118 and Hasselblad wide-angle optical viewfinder
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Hasselblad 500 El/M outfit, Hasselblad, Sweden; comprising a Hasselblad 500EL/M camera No. UIE23810, a Haselblad black 120-magazine back; a Carl Zeiss black S-Planar T* f/5. 6 135 mm. Lens No. 5789890, a Carl Zeiss black Sonnar T* f/4 150 mm. Lens No. 6357383, bellows unit, 2x xx Teleplus tele-converter, filters and lenshoods, in a metal case, -5
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Bessa L outfit, Voigtlander, Germany; comprising a Bessa L camera No. 10140, a Voigtlander Super-wide Heliar Aspherical 15 mm. F/4. 5 lens No. 9933439, Voigtlander 15 mm. Optical finder, camera strap and instruction booklets, in maker's presentation box; a Bessa-L case in maker's box
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Robot Royal 24 no. G-175542, Berning & Co., Germany; 35 mm., with a Schneider Xenon f/1. 9 40 mm. lens no. 5418452, the top-plate factory engraved 'A. R. L. 9024'; a Schneider Tele-Xenar f/3. 8 75 mm. lens no. 5736846
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Nikon S2 outfit, Nippon Kogaku, Japan; comrpising a Nikon S2 no, 6170677, a Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-S. C f/1. 4 5 cm. Lens No. 367822, a Nikkor-P. C f/2 8. 5 cm. Lens No. 294974, a Nikkor-Q. C f/3. 5 13. 5 cm. Lens No. 263892, a W-Nikkor. C f/2. 5 3. 5 cm. Lens No. 243527, a Nippon Kogaku universal viewfinder no
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Kodak Ektra outfit, Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, Ny; 35 mm, comprising an Ektra camera No. 1721, a Kodak Anastigmat Ektar f/1. 9 50 mm lens; a Kodak Ektar f/3. 5 90 mm. Lens in metal lens case; a Kodak Telephoto Ektar f/3. 8 135 mm. Lens; a Kodak Ektar f/1. 9 50 mm. Lens in metal lens case; a Kodak Ektar f/3
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Nicca type-4 No. 80573, Nicca camera Company Ltd., Japan; chrome, with a Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-H. C f/2 5 cm. Lens No. 641167 and a Nicca Universal finder
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Tanack Type IV-S no. 71046, Tanaka Optical Company Ltd., Japan; chrome, with a Tanaka Kogaku Tanar H. C. f/2 5 cm. lens no. 27153; a Tanaka Tele-Tanar C f/3. 5 13. 5 cm. lens no. 13800, lenshood; a Tanack 135 mm. and 50 mm. finders; and a Kuhn, Wetzlar Flexameter f/2. 8 50 mm. reflex finder, ; shutter defective
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Nikkor-P.C f/2.5 10.5 cm. lens no. 813969, Nippon Kogaku, Japan; rangefinder-fit, with lenshood, front and back caps, in maker's leather case, inspection card, in maker's box
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Nikkor lenses, Nippon Kogaku, Japan; Nikon-rangefinder-fit, comprising a W-Nikkor. C f/3. 5 2. 8 cm. No. 347225 with caps, in maker's case; a W-Nikkor. C f/2. 5 3. 5 cm. Lens No. 257692; a Nikkor-Q. C f/3. 5 13. 5 cm. Lens No. 272066 in maker's case, (3)
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Robot No. B81235, Berning & Co., Germany; with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/3. 5 3. 75 cm. Lens No. 2763581, a Schneider Tele-Xenar f/3. 8 75 mm. Lens No. 2047413, a Schneider Xenar f/2. 8 37. 5 mm. Lens No. 1955157 and a Robot film loader
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Contax IIa close-up set, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; comprising a Contax IIa camera No. L05539, with a Zeiss Ikon bellows unit, Reflex housing and a Zeiss-Opton Sonnar f/2 85 mm. Lens No. 840353
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Vario-Sonnar f/4 85-250 mm. lens no. 4542550, Carl Zeiss, Germany; Contarex-fit, with front and back caps, ; internal fungus growth
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Contaflex twin lens camera No. A46121, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 35 mm, with a f/2. 8 8 cm. Viewing lens No. 1724152 and a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/2. 8 5 cm. Taking lens No. 1544070, (shutter inoperative), in maker's box; a Contaflex plate back; maker's ever ready case; a Carl Zeiss, JenaSonnar f/4 13. 5 cm. Lens No. 2523489 and a Carl Zeiss, Jena Sonnar f/2 8
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Rectaflex Junior camera No. 1058, Rectaflex, Italy; 35 mm, with a Rectaflex-mount Carl Zeiss, Jena Biotar T f/2 58 mm. Lens No. 3648243; an Angenieux 35 mm. F/2. 5 lens No. 187848, an Angeniuex 135 mm. F/3. 5 lens No. 194562, and Rectaflex extension tubes
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Wrayflex II No. 4102, Wray, London; 35 mm., with pentaprism finder, a Wray Unilite 50 mm. F/2 lens No. 214886, a Wray Lustrar 35 mm. F/3. 5 lens No. 123989 and a Wray Lustrar 13. 5 cm. F/4 lens No. 204415, -5; mirror sticking (3)
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Nettax 538/24 No. B30748, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 35 mm., with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/2. 8 5 cm. Lens No. 1912111, ; shutter inoperative
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Super Nettel 536/24 No. C20305, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 35 mm., with a Carl Zeiss, Jena, Triotar f/3. 5 5 cm. Lens No. 1649210, ; shutter inoperative
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TenaXII 580/27 No. J89896, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 35 mm., with a Carl Zeiss, Jena, Sonnar f/4 4 cm. Lens No. 2357596, ; shutter inoperative
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Contarex Super camera No. G33628, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 35 mm., first model; chrome, with a Carl Zeiss Planar f/2 50 mm. Lens No. 616925 and cap, in maker's ever ready case, in maker's box, -3; slight separation to lens edge
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Contarex 'Bullseye' camera No. Z47453, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; 35 mm., chrome, with a Carl Zeiss Planar f/2 50 mm. Lens No. 2369513
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Contarex electronic outfit, Zeiss Ikon, Germany; comprising a Contarex electronic camera No. R56569, a Carl Zeiss Planar f/2 50 mm. Lens No. 4500812, a Carl Zeiss Distagon f/2. 8 25 mm. Lens No. 5146631, a Carl Zeiss Sonnar f/2. 8 135 mm. Lens No. 5769018, lenshoods, spare film back and flashgun, in a fitted Contarex outfit case; a Contarex 250 film back, sequence release, battery pack and accessories in maker's fitted metal case; a spare metal fitted case, -5 (3)
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Nikon F No. 6576119, Nippon Kogaku, Japan; 35 mm., black-paint, with black pentaprism housing, and Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-H f/4 50 mm. Lens No. 890088; chrome clip-on light meter and a chrome waist-level finder
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Contarex-fit lenses Carl Zeiss; comprising a Distagon f/4 35 mm. No. 2626301, and a Sonnar f/4 135 mm. No. 2620049, both in maker's plastic keeper, condition 4; slight edge separation (2)
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Contax cameras comprising a Contax I No. AU80972, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/3. 5 5 cm. Lens No. 1294003 and 563 5 cm. Finder; a Contax III No. C89923 with a 5522/23 Panflex reflex housing and box; and a Carl Zeiss Tessar f/3. 5 115 mm. Lens No. 1592745, -5 (2)
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Flektoskop reflex housing No. 0651, Carl Zeiss, Jena; Contax-fit, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Sonnar T f/2. 18 cm. Lens No. 114319 and a Contax II body No. B31396
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Flektoskop reflex housing No. 5484, Carl Zeiss, Jena; Contax-fit, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Sonnar T f/4 30 cm. Lens No. 114737; and a Contax II body No. B31397
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Contax cameras comprising a ContaXIII No. K61138, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena, Tessar f/8 2. 8 cm. Lens No. 1939431 and 433/25 finder; a ContaXIIIa No. T36693 (meter dented), with a 425 finder, and a Carl Zeiss, JenaSonnar f/1. 5 5 cm. Lens No. 2552478, -6 (2)
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Robot cameras, Berning & Son, Germany; comprising a Robot No. 20464 with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Biotar f/2 4 cm. Lens No. 2438297; a Robot Recorder wth an Alos f/3. 5 35 mm. Lens; a Savip winder No. 1205 and backs in a metal case, -5 (3)
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Olympus pen outfit, Olympus, Japan; comprising an Olympus chrome pen Ft No. 189095, an Olympus auto-W f/4 25 mm. Lens No. 117984, an auto-T f/3. 5 100 mm. Lens No. 210442, an auto-S f/1. 8 38 mm. Lens No. 251073, an auto-Zoomn f/3. 5 50-90 mm. Lens No. 203644, an auto-T f/4 150 mm. Lens No. 106563, a Kenko auto Teleplus 2x converter; a pen angle finder and a pen microscope adapter in maker's box
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Nippon Kogaku lenses, Nippon Kogaku, Japan; comprising a screw-fit W-Nikkor. C f/3. 5 3. 5 cm. no. 427092, the mounting flange engraved '50032067'; a rangefinder-fit Nikkor-Q. C f/3. 5 13. 5 cm. no. 257815, -5 (2)
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Vitessa cameras, Voigtlander, Germany; 35 mm., one with a Voigtlander Ultron f/2 50 mm. Lens No. 3993764 in a Synchro-Compur shutter, the other with a Voigtlander Color-Skopar f/2. 8 50 mm. Lens No. 3846045 in a Synchro-Compur shutter, (2)
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Vitessa T outfit, Voigtlander, Germany; 35 mm, comprising a Vitessa T camera No. 11 26780, a Voigtlander Color-Skopar f/2. 8 50 mm. Lens, a Voigtlander Dynaret f/4. 8 100 mm. Lens, a Voigtlander Skoparet f/3. 4 35 mm. Lens, a Voigtlander Turnit 3 finder, a Voigtlander 100 mm. Optical finder and filters, in a Voigtlander fitted outfit case, -4
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Voigtlander cameras, Voigtlander, Germany; 35 mm; comprising an Ultramatic Cs with a Voigtlander Septon f/2 50 mm lens, in maker's box; a Bessamatic with a Voigtlander Color-Lanthar f/2. 8 50 mm. Lens, in maker's box, (2)
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Retina IIIc camera No. 717469, Kodak A. G., Germany; 35 mm., with a Schneider Xenon C f/2 50 mm. Lens No. 5058362 in matched lens housing, in a Compur shutter, in maker's ever ready case; a Rollei, Singapore, chrome Rollei 35 camera No. 6211316 with a Rollei Tessar f/3. 5 40 mm. Lens, -5
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Minolta Prod 20's limited edition camera No. 35625, Minolta, Japan; 35 mm, chrome, with a Minolta 35 mm. F/3. 5 lens, with case, strap and instruction booklet, in maker's box
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Vitessa T camera No. 11 18581, Voigtlander, Germany; 35 mm., chrome, with a Voigtlander Color-Skopar f/2. 8 50 mm. Lens No. 4355913, in maker's ever ready case; a Voigtlander Skoparext f/3. 4 35 mm. Lens no, 4237798 in maker's case; a Voigtlander Turnit viewfinder in maker's case
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