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Victor Houssin Le Phototank

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€28,800
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Product number: AI_11_16281
Starting Price €19,000
Estimate € 30.000 – 35.000
Condition : B
Manufacture Year : 1921
serial number : 502
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Victor Houssin Le Phototank

for 50 exposures 24x24mm on 35mm film, Stellor Berthiot 3.5/50mm lens no.98327, focal-plane shutter, nickel plated metal body, extremely rare (less than 10 cameras are known to exist), forerunner of Leica in working condition, invented by Henry Bayle and built by Victor Houssin, the design is inspirited by the famous tank by Luis Renault (with a copy of the original instruction book)

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