Lehmann Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera

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Product number: A00403
Starting Price €3,000
Estimate €6,000 – 7,000
serial number : 235
Condition : B+
Manufacture Year : c.1903
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Lehmann Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera

Extremely rare 'spy' camera with nickel-plated brass body. Emil Kronke patented his cane handle camera in Britain (1902), Germany (1903) and the United States (1904). It was manufactured by A. Lehmann of Berlin and marketed as the Ben Akiba walking stick camera, fakes and replicas of such cameras do exist. This camera is in original condition, with one film spool, the lens, the shutter and the wooden cane are missing.

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