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Snider 35 no. 15527

Details

Snider 35 no. 15527
Nicca Camera Co., Japan; chrome, the top plate engraved SNIDER 35, with a Schneider Xenogon f/2.8 35mm. lens no. 3425975, body cap, lens cap and rear lens cap

Literature

HPR (1994), Leica Copies, p. 276.
John V. Walsh, 'Leica Copy Down Under - The Snider 35' in Viewfinder, Vol. 24, no. 4, 1991, pp. 30-31.
John V. Walsh, letter to the editor, Viewfinder, Vol. 26, no. 4, 1993, p.8.

Lot Essay

The Snider 35 was a Nicca Type-5 and was distributed by Gardner & Salomon Pty. Ltd. of Sydney solely for the Australian and New Zealand markets. Reputedly, only fifty to one hundred cameras were sold in 1955/1956. Research by Walsh suggests that fewer than five examples of the Snider camera are known.

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