Antiques & Collectables

Antiques & Collectables

Lot 765: A Collection of Vintage Cameras, Lenses, and Darkroom Accessories including Pathéscope, Kodak, and Ilford

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Start price: £5

Estimated price: £40 - £70

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A diverse collection of vintage photographic equipment and darkroom accessories primarily from the mid-20th century. The lot includes a Pathéscope 9.5mm hand-held movie camera with a grey crinkle-finish metal body and Pathéscope logo badge. Also present is a Kodak Instamatic 104 126-format cartridge camera in a black textured carrying case with a wrist strap. The assortment of optics comprises an Asahi Pentax lens, a compact Canon prime lens, and a Sunagor Super Wide conversion lens. Macro equipment includes a boxed Elicar Automatic Extension Tube Set. A long, black barrel telephoto lens is included, though currently lacking visible external branding.

Accessories and darkroom equipment include a boxed Ilford exposure meter with a rotary dial and a Kobold 1000 lighting unit with a metal light head and power cable with a UK plug. The lot features several original cardboard boxes, including a Paterson Graduate box, a Black Cross Combined Filter Mount and Lens Hood box, and two vintage Pathéscope Ltd boxes with the Cricklewood, London address. Additional items include a Braun Paxette presentation box containing miscellaneous small parts, a wooden delivery box for E. E. Swain, various lens cases, and filter components such as a Perival 1st Quality lens. A glass thermometer in a blue protective sleeve is inscribed E. Wycziszkiewicz 1980 r.