Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage Mid-Century

A Collection of Vintage Mid-Century Cameras and Accessories including Kodak and Ansco Models This collection consists of mid-20th-century photographic equipment, including folding, box, and pseudo-twin lens reflex models, complete with associated cases and instruction manuals. One camera is a Kodak Ltd. Folding Brownie Six-20, formatted for 620 roll film. It is fitted with a Kodette II lens and a shutter featuring B and I settings. The body is made of metal with a black textured covering and folding leatherette bellows. It is housed in a brown leather carrying case which has a handwritten inscription on the interior flap: PHILIP THOMAS, 4, ALEXANDER RD., RHYDDINGS, NEATH. Another camera is an Ansco Cadet II, designed for 127 roll film. It features an Anscar lens with settings for colour and black and white photography. The body is constructed from grey and black plastic with a metal faceplate. It is stored in its original grey hardshell carrying case with a yellow fitted interior and includes a detachable chrome flash unit. Also included is an Empire-Baby miniature box camera, likely for 127 roll film. The body is black Bakelite with a textured pattern and a red bead-style shutter button. The faceplate is marked Optical Crystal Lens and DESIGN REGD No. 890884 U.K. It is accompanied by a small brown patterned soft carrying case and an original yellow instruction leaflet. The final camera is a Kodak Brownie Reflex 20, a pseudo-TLR model for 620 roll film. It features a large waist-level viewfinder and a black Bakelite body with a silver metal faceplate. It includes a cream-coloured textured Kodak-branded carrying case, original instruction booklets titled How to use your Brownie Reflex and How to use the Kodak Flashholder, a boxed neck strap, and vintage film packaging.