Midget cameras
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more
Midget cameras

Details
Midget cameras
Coronet Camera Co., Birmingham; 16mm., comprising brown, green and blue bakelite cameras, each with frameless viewfinder and round winding knob; a Coronet Scoper print viewer (3)
Literature
Channing & Dunn (1996), British Camera Makers, pp. 36-37.Martin & Anitia Russell, 'The Ubiquitous Coronet Midgets' in Photographica World, no. 52 March 1990, pp. 12-13.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The Coronet Midget camera was introduced in 1935 in four colours: black, walnut, green and rose. The range was extended with the addition of a blue model, which was produced in smaller numbers than the original range. Although official production was limited to five colours variations in the Bakelite colouring process mean that collectors recognise additional colouring variants.

Variations occured in the front plate design of the camera and fixtures to be found on the camera as detailed by the Russells. The camera was also produced as a promotion (see lot 218).

More from CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT

View All
View All