Riken / Ricoh / Steky Cameras

16mm. Original Steky camera no. 2303 with nickel body and black leather part-body covering, side-plate film advance knob and exposure counter, front-plate shutter speed adjustment B, 25, 50, 100 and shutter release, side-mounted direct vision finder on plate engraved Steky camera for 16mm film Made in Tokyo Japan , a Stekinar anastigmat f/3.5 25mm lens and cap, two film cassettes, instruction sheet Direction for use of the Steky, spare loaded film cassette and original Japanese Association of Optical and Precision Instrs. Mfs. inspection label No. 5226 with matching camera number, in original box. Provenance: Christie's, London South Kensington, December 9th 1991, Lot 89. A 16mm golden Steky camera no. 3914 with a black covered and gold-plated body, a gold-plated barrel Riken Stekinar f/3.5 2.5cm lens, a gold-plated barrel Steky-tele f/5.6 40mm lens and gold-plated tripod adapter. Provenance: Christie's, London South Kensington, December 9th 1991, Lot 92. A 16mm Ricoh 16 camera no. 20570 with black covered and chrome body and a Riken Ricoh f/2.8 2.5cm lens no. 11403 and a 16mm Golden Ricoh 16 camera no. 7783 with black covered and gold-plated body, a gold-plated barrel Riken Ricoh f/3.5 2.5cm lens and a gold-plated tripod adapter and instruction booklet. (2) Provenance: Christie's, London South Kensington, December 9th 1991, Lot 93. Three 16mm. Chrome-body Steky cameras comprising a model III no. 1741 with a Stekinar anastigmat f/3.5 25mm lens, one film cassette and body stamped Made in Occupied Japan ; a model IIIA no. 14330 with a Riken Stekinar f/3.5 2.5cm lens, Stekaton Wide Angle converter, supplementary wide angle viewfinder and two film cassettes; a model IIIB no. S7599 with a Steky-Tele coated f/5.6 40mm lens, viewfinder tele- mask and synchronisation socket. (3) Provenance: Christie's, London South Kensington, December 9th 1991, Lot 88. 16mm. Nice camera no. 1725 with polished chrome body and black leather body covering, side-plate with film advance knob, exposure counter 0-23 , direct vision finder and shutter release, front-plate with shutter speed adjustment B and 100 and shutter setting lever and a Nice-anastigmat f/3.5 25mm. Two film cassettes. With the event of the golden Steky in 1957, Riken abandoned the vertical camera style which it had used with previous cameras. Provenance: Christie's, London South Kensington, December 9th 1991, Lot 91. 16mm. Hanken camera no. 2936 with black covering and bronzed-coloured metal body, side panel with combined shutter release and film counter advance, the latter engraved 1-23 , film advance engraved with Japanese characters, facing side panel with direct vision optical finder, front panel engraved Hanken , shutter speed adjustment B, 100, 50, 25 and a Riken Stekinar anastigmat f/3.5 25mm lens and cap. Provenance: Christie's, London South Kensington, December 9th 1991, Lot 90.