Sugaya Optical Works Rubix Cameras

Three different 16mm Rubix cameras comprising an original model, top-plate with combined direct vision finder and shutter speed selector 150, 50, 25, B , front plate engraved Hope and a Sugaya Seiko Hope f/2.8 2.5cm lens; a later original model no. 1219 with a Sugaya-Kogaku Hope f/2.8 2.5cm lens; a Rubix 16 with front panel engraved SSK, back plate with metal panel engraved Made in Occupied Japan and a Hope anastigmat f/3.5 25mm lens set in a shutter speeded B, 25, 50, 100. (3) Provenance: Christie's, London South Kensington, December 9th 1991, Lot 96.