Lot Essay
The Focal-Plane Ticka is the rarest production Ticka and was introduced in 1908. Another example was sold in Fine and Rare cameras, 25 November 1994, lot 185.
Details
HOUGHTONS LTD., London
A Focal-Plane Ticka camera with removable finder and a helically-focusing Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke lens no. 20633 and cap, in maker's box; a Houghtons Ticka printing box with instructions, in maker's box.
A Focal-Plane Ticka camera with removable finder and a helically-focusing Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke lens no. 20633 and cap, in maker's box; a Houghtons Ticka printing box with instructions, in maker's box.
Literature
St Denny et.al. (1993), Spy Camera. A Century of Detective and Subminiature Cameras, p. 123.
Further details
See illustration