Outstanding 1A Gift Kodak Camera With Cedar Box & RARE Instruction Booklet




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Information:
Reference Number: Avaluer:88984Color: Brown
Brand: KodakModel: No. 1A Gift Kodak
Type: FoldingCountry/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original Description:
A fabulous piece of art deco photographic history. Released for the 1930 holiday season, the Gift Kodak was a No. 1A folding Kodak camera enhanced by the styling of noted industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague. The Gift Kodak came in a presentation box made of cedar with an art deco plate that matched the art deco motif of the camera. The camera had an art deco design on the door and the lens surround, and was trimmed in rich brown leather.
This example is in excellent condition, ...with the camera's art deco elements bright and clean with only very minor wear. The leather is in fine shape with only very minor scuffs. The shutter works and the viewfinder is bright. The Gift Kodak was originally supplied with brown bellows which were prone to deterioration and which were often replaced with black bellows, as is the case here.
The cedar box is in unusually fine shape, with no cracks in the wood or missing pieces, as is often the case.  The black paint on the sides and bottom shows only very minor wear. The art deco top plate is very nice, with only a few extremely minor flaws in the paint, and the chrome is in very good shape but has become dull with exposure to the air. The box and the camera have a delightful cedar smell.
And the INSTRUCTION BOOKLET! This is the ultra-rare piece that puts this particular Gift Kodak into the stratosphere. 34 pages, well illustrated, with a gold cover. You will look long and hard before finding another specimen of this camera that comes with the instruction booklet.

A gorgeous art deco masterpiece that displays beautifully.     




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