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315 - A Houghton Ensign Ladies Handbag Camera, 1926, consisting of a Houghton-Butcher Vest Pocket Ensign housed inside a Samuel Aspis, London tan leather bag, silk-lined with metal clasps, body condition, E, shutter working, lens, VG-E, bag, VG-E Notes: Only two of these were produced by Houghton, with the only other example being sold at Christie's, lot 367, 'Cameras and Photographic Equipment' on the 14th of September 2004 Literature: Lothrop & Auer (1978), Die Geheimkameras, p. 105-106, 107.H. D. Abring, Von Daguerre bis Heute IV, nos. 4328, 4329. Adrian Richmond, 'Houghtons Ensignette Camera' in Photographica World, no. 56, 7-11; 'Research Update', 75, pp. 32-33.
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A Houghton Ensign Ladies Handbag Camera, 1926, consisting of a Houghton-Butcher Vest Pocket Ensign housed inside a Samuel Aspis, London tan leather bag, silk-lined with metal clasps, body condition, E, shutter working, lens, VG-E, bag, VG-E Notes: Only two of these were produced by Houghton, with the only other example being sold at Christie's, lot 367, 'Cameras and Photographic Equipment' on the 14th of September 2004 Literature: Lothrop & Auer (1978), Die Geheimkameras, p. 105-106, 107.H. D. Abring, Von Daguerre bis Heute IV, nos. 4328, 4329. Adrian Richmond, 'Houghtons Ensignette Camera' in Photographica World, no. 56, 7-11; 'Research Update', 75, pp. 32-33.
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