Lot Essay
The VPK Special camera was a deluxe version of the VPK Series III usually found as part of the Vanity set. Coe makes no note of the Special camera being issued in a Vanity set.
Details
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
A Vanity Kodak Special set, comprising a Vest Pocket Kodak Special camera no. 21464 with grained seal leather body covering, grey-painted bellows, brown-painted metal interior and a Kodak Anastigmat f/4.5 78mm. lens no. 16492, in a grained seal leather fitted vanity case, in maker's box with label Vanity Kodak
A Vanity Kodak Special set, comprising a Vest Pocket Kodak Special camera no. 21464 with grained seal leather body covering, grey-painted bellows, brown-painted metal interior and a Kodak Anastigmat f/4.5 78mm. lens no. 16492, in a grained seal leather fitted vanity case, in maker's box with label Vanity Kodak
Literature
Brian Coe (1988), Kodak Cameras, p. 171.
Further details
Condition: 1F
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See illustration