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on Feb 15, 2023 7:26:14 GMT
Posted: Feb 15, 2023 7:26:14 GMT
...Today has made me smile... Checking the latest listings at one of the UK's best photographic auctioneers, there is a GEC Transistor Radio which has an integral Kodak Instamatic camera! You couldn't make it up... And the funny part is that those radios most probably were used to follow a football match during the weekend while taking some pictures with the family than listening to music.  |
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Status: Hello all! Nice to be back on all things Yashica!
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on Apr 9, 2023 15:03:51 GMT
Posted: Apr 9, 2023 15:03:51 GMT
Yashica-chic or Yashica kitsch...?
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It's the 1962 Shiga Yashica Sailor Boy figure...it's a weird figure as he's trying to pull his trousers over a bare behind; I'm not quite sure what sort of corporate message it is supposed to be sending! I've seen another version with green boots and a white cross in the place of the white dot on the pupil of the open eye.
To be honest, if it wasn't for this Forum it would be about the last thing I'd buy but it definitely classifies as a 'Novelty'. The green shoe version (8-inch) may have been designed for display by preferred Yashica dealers over the more common red shoe guy. Just a wild guess.  |
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on May 18, 2023 13:59:51 GMT
Posted: May 18, 2023 13:59:51 GMT
OK folks, I admit I'm finding it more difficult to grab hold of rare Yashica or Contax novelty items as between us, we seem to have found most of them. But, I think I may have found one that nobody here has ever seen.... This is a Yashica Christmas Candle Set from around 1963...  Shiga Xmas candle setAs you can see, it features Shiga, the Yashica Sailor Boy, and still inside the box is an accompanying wax Christmas tree. To find an undamaged Shiga candle from the early 1960s is rare enough but to find the boxed set has been very lucky. I can only assume it was an unwanted Christmas present for someone who used a Yashica camera. His or her indifference to the boxed contents has been our gain... |
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on May 18, 2023 14:35:54 GMT
Last Edit: May 18, 2023 17:38:58 GMT by biggles3
Hot on the heels of the Shiga Xmas candle above was this item - a leather Contax Pen-case.  Contax Pen Case_Targa In my various searches, I had not come across this item so the sight of it came as a surprise. Suffice to say, it has now found a home in Wales. Very nicely made, it can house a couple of full-size fountain pens or even a 3-pen set comprising, fountain and ball-point pens plus a propelling pencil. I have illustrated the inside of the case by adding a couple of examples of my other obsession which is Sheaffer Targa Pens. Here you can see the Fred Force 10 Targa set from 1992 which features the very distinctive cable twist styling to the pens' bodies which are made from palladium with gold-plated details plus a 18K gold nib instead of the usual Targa 14K version. I don't usually buy the metal Targa pens but opt instead for their lacquer models, some of which are outstandingly beautiful. Regardless of which Targa fountain pen you find, of all of the fountain pens I've used since the 1950s, these have the best nibs and enhance the quality of your hand-writing. Just as with Contax and Yashica, there are occasions when only the best will do - and the other quality that all three marques share (at least from their classic periods) is reliability. Earlier in this thread, I showed a Contax Ceramic Pen, it will be placed permanently inside this case, along with its original box. |
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