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Lot 85:
Description
A mid-century Plastic and Bakelite collection of stereoscopic and slide viewing equipment comprising two View-Master viewers, a GAF Pana-Vue automatic viewer, and a Halina viewer. The group includes a black Bakelite View-Master Model E featuring a metal advance lever and a red plastic Model G viewer with a white plastic lever. The GAF Pana-Vue Automatic Viewer is constructed from brown plastic and is accompanied by its original cardboard retail box printed GAF Pana-Vue AUTOMATIC. The Halina Viewer No. 531 features a black plastic body with two polished optical lenses and includes its original yellow and black retail box. Two maroon spiral-bound albums embossed View-Master Album in gold lettering contain multiple stereoscopic reels, including subjects such as Alkmaar Cheese Market and The Black Forest, with handwritten indexing and dates from 1956 and 1957. A boxed souvenir set titled Vaticano 60 Full Colour Slides Souvenir by Cineflash is printed on Kodak film. Internal sleeves are printed with the distributor name View-Master (England) Limited 16-18, Eastcastle Street, London, W.1.
Condition report:
The black Bakelite View-Master shows minor oxidation to the metal advance lever. The red plastic viewer exhibits light surface scuffing. The GAF Pana-Vue box is heavily worn with torn top flaps (photo 2). The Halina box shows shelf wear and minor creasing (photo 1). One maroon album has a significant tear to the closure strap (photo 4). Internal paper sleeves show age-toning and creasing (photo 3). The Vatican slide box shows edge wear and creasing (photo 2).
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