Lot 293
293
Lighter camera
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus … Read more
Lighter camera

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Lighter camera
the chrome-plated lighter casing decoratively engraved on one side, the top hinged marked Thorens Switzerland, the side-mounted reflex optical finder cover engraved TB, lighter mechanism and base-mounted camera mechanism
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

Lot Essay

The camera produces a 10 x 10mm. (approx) negative. The camera lens is mounted in the side of the lighter and a mirror reflects the image downwards at 90-degrees into the focal plane. The action of closing the lighter top advances the film. The mechanism appears inoperative.

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