The Argus Model B is one of the very rarest of all.
Only 1,000 were built in 1937.
Body was American, from the same mold as Argus A. Shutter was made in Germany, and lens was French.
As Europe was moving closer to war, the first batch of shutters and lenses was probably the last, and production of the camera ceased when Argus ran out of parts.
Camera featured a very fast f:2.9 lens, which appears to me to be a 4 element Tessar type design (uncoated glass), in a shutter with speeds from 1 second to 1/175 second. The lens focuses from infinity to about 3.5 feet. There is no range finder, distance is determined by guesstimation.
Like the Argus Model A, lens collapses for storage.
It accepts standard 35 mm film cassettes.
And I am now the owner of 2 of these, out of less than 1,000 made! No one knows how many have survived after 80 years.

This example is fairly clean for its age, and a little work got everything functioning correctly.
Lens is clean on the outside, but there is a good bit of fogging on inner surfaces. Due to the rarity of the camera, I was unwilling to clean more than 4 surfaces. Reaching the remaining surfaces would involve risky tear down and likely damage to the cosmetics. There are no spare parts in existence.

So, I had to see how it performed. Loaded with a roll of Kodak Gold 100 I took it out in the field to locations in my backyard, at Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills, to Old Route 66 in Crestwood, and to Claire Gempp Davidson Conservation Area on Sappington Road.
The fog inside the lens did show a little flare with white subjects, but generally did not prove fatal.
All shots were hand held, and there was a little wind.

By the way... hard to believe this was the first week of March?

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All images are (c) 2017 E.J.Kowalski.
Thanks! Ed