Details
SAN GIORGIO, Italy
A 16mm. Parva camera no. 201608 with brushed-chrome body, shutter speeded P, 40, 100, 150, direct vision finder, internal blind shutter and a San Giorgio Essegi 2cm. f/3.5 lens.
Literature
White (1990), Subminiature Photography, p.94/
Antonetto & Malavolti (n.d.), Made in Italy, p. 155, no. 290.

Lot Essay

The only other example of this camera sold was in 'Spy', Subminiature and Detective cameras, 9 December 1992, lot 63, with the serial number 201603. Nine examples only of the camera were made in 1947. This is the rarest Italian made camera and one of the rarest subminiatures.

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