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The Ruby projector no. 270

Details
The Ruby projector no. 270
Thornton-Pickard Mfg. Co. Ltd., Altrincham, England; 16mm., cast alloy body with black crackle finish, external enclosed shutter positioned after the lens, mechanism driven by external electric motor stamped NORTH EAST ELECTRIC CO., ROCHESTER N.Y., electric light, the manufacturer's fitted case housing a resistance with variable speed control and compartment with two spools, film rewinding by hand crank, a Dallmeyer f/1.9 2 inch projection lens no. 122078, a Kodak Kodascope splicing kit
Provenance
The Samuelson Brothers Collection.
Literature
Gerald McKee (1989) The Home Cinema: Classic Home Movie Projectors 1922-1940 p.99
Douglas Rendell, 'The Thornton-Pickard Story' in British Journal of Photography, 13 January 1984, p. 34.
Amateur Photographer, 23 November, 1927, p. 525.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Rendell states: 'In 1927 there was a review in the photographic press of the Ruby 16mm. cine camera and projector in which it was stated that it had been manufactured by TP...but no information has yet been found'. Amateur Photographer stated that the camera and its associated projector 'hold a deservedly high place amongst apparatus of the kind'. The only known example of the camera was sold at Christie's on 30 July 1992, lot 43. This is one of only two known projectors.

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