LOT: 186
Rectaflex 30000 Rotor Outfit
ESTIMATE:HK$ $40,000-$60,000
Serial no.30571,1953,Condition B
The Rectaflex Rotor is a Rectaflex series 30000 with a three lens turret (Rotor). According to the record, less than 100 units of them were made. Its existence aroused much interest among photo journalists back then. This camera comes with a turret, leather case, back up body (#25331B) and three lenses; the first one is the 2nd version of Filotecnica Salmoiraghi-Milano-Beta 3.5/5cm (#39741), made in 1953 to 1955, which built like a Tessar; the second one is Angenieux Retrofocus Type R1 2.5/35mm (#197514) and Angenieux Type Y2 3.5/135mm (#371805) with front lens cap.