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Field camera

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Field camera
Gandolfi, London; 10 x 8 inches, mahogany, lacquered-brass fittings and binding strips, with red leather bellows, maker's plate GANDOLFI. MAKERS. LONDON, with a Rodenstock Apo-Ronar f/9 360mm. lens no. 9769791 in a Copal-No. 3 shutter, spare uncut lens panel, and a 5 x 4 inch reducing back; a Gandolfi matching mahogany tripod; original correspondence

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Condition: 2
Cosmetic: Good condition, minimal marks to camera body.

The correspondence includes a photograph of one of the Gandolfi brothers in the camera workshop, photographs of cameras in construction in the workshop, the exterior of the Borland Road workshop and letters from Fred Gandolfi detailing the cost and delivery time for the camera.

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