Canon 7 with 0.95/50 + Cine Canonet 8 'Georges Pompidou'
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Hammer Price
€24,000
incl. Buyer's Premium
Estimate €3,000 – 3,500
Condition : A/B
Manufacture Year : c.1961
near mint Canon 7 with 0.95/50mm no.19980 (clean optics, front cap), with a Cine Canonet 8 no.241010 (strap, case), both cameras engraved 'M. Georges Pompidou Avec lens Compliments de M T. Mitarai' (The Canonet engraved 'Madame...') were presents from Mr. Takeshi Mitarai (one of the founders of Canon) to the French prime minister Georges Pompidou and his wife - an interesting piece of history