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Riga Minox Spy Camera [174183]

Currency:USD Category:Cameras & Photo Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 400.00 USD
Riga Minox Spy Camera   [174183]
SOLD
375.00USDto 8*************e+ buyer's premium (93.75)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 27 @ 11:20UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

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The original Minox camera made in Riga, Latvia, circa 1938, at the V.E.F. Building. In original leather case, with letter explaining the history: when the Russians took over the company, a worker hid cameras under the floor boards. After WWII was over, the worker took home the cameras, waited until Latvia gained independence from the USSR and sold them to a dealer in Poland. The author of the letter, a camera dealer from Wisconsin, went to Germany and bought the remaining cameras.
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