Lot Essay
Condition: 5B(iii)
Cosmetic: Heavy use and wear.
Mechanical: Apparently working.
Lenses: Optics require cleaning/cloudy.
This camera was used by Vogue Studio photographers including Cecil Beaton, Norman Parkinson, Don Honeyman, Coffin, Lee Miller, John Deakin and others, during the 1950s and 1960s. The previous vendor used the camera at Buckingham Palace during Beaton's official sittings for the coronation day photographs.
Cosmetic: Heavy use and wear.
Mechanical: Apparently working.
Lenses: Optics require cleaning/cloudy.
This camera was used by Vogue Studio photographers including Cecil Beaton, Norman Parkinson, Don Honeyman, Coffin, Lee Miller, John Deakin and others, during the 1950s and 1960s. The previous vendor used the camera at Buckingham Palace during Beaton's official sittings for the coronation day photographs.