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Description:
Polaroid 185 Land Camera, Polaroid "185 Land Camera" with a Mamiya 114mm f/5.6 lens in Copal shutter.
Provenance: Dr. Richard Young, a senior executive at the Polaroid Corporation from 1962 to 1982, by family descent.
Note: Camera historians believe that only a small number of these cameras were made and never sold to the public, instead they were given as gifts to friends and associates of Edwin Land.
Estimate $200-300
The camera is in excellent condition and appears to have been used little if at all.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Keywords
Polaroid Corporation, Richard Young, LandStephen L. Fletcher
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Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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