Kick-start your classic camera collection

[howardstanbury]

Massive 1,000+ Piece Camera Collection Being Auctioned on eBay

 

See http://www.petapixel.com/2013/02/14/massive-1000-piece-camera-collection-being-auctioned-on-ebay/

 

You know, there are always people into this collecting lark far deeper than you

[david_smith110]

<p>oh my....</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>I hate to admit it, but I was actually tempted for a very brief moment. :(</p>

[fred_c1]

<p>Same guy sells a broken Konica S3 for $99. Imagine how many are not among the 1000+.</p>

[ridinhome]

<p>For what it's worth, even a BIN of $49,999 isn't a bad price. If you took the time and effort to sell the collection piece by piece you could make a tidy profit. </p>

[Two23]

<p>All of that stuff is WAY too modern for my tastes. The last thing I bought was a Derogy lens, made in 1858.</p>

<p>Kent in SD</p>

[Member69643]

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<p ><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=39504">Kent Staubus</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Frequent poster" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/1roll.gif" alt="" /></a>, Feb 15, 2013; 09:54 a.m.</p>

 

<p>All of that stuff is WAY too modern for my tastes. The last thing I bought was a Derogy lens, made in 1858.<br>

Kent in SD</p>

 

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<p>Ah, but did you BUY it in 1858?</p>

 

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[Two23]

<p>No, got it a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty cool! I'm mostly interested in lenses made before the Civil War, and cameras from the 1920s & 1930s.</p>

<p>Kent in SD</p>

[harveysteeves]

<p>I have a friend who is selling off a few collections and the first one was over 1500 cameras ... and she is selling these collections off by the piece not all at once. I think it may take a while ...</p>

[ralf_j.]

<p>Yikes. A good episode for Ameican Pickers??</p>

[andylynn]

<p>Starting bid of $35,000, and you can't get a description of all the items? Somehow I don't think this is going to work out.</p>

[Two23]

<p>The problem with selling by the piece, especially if it's common stuff like this, is you quickly depress the market value of what you are selling. It would take years and years to get rid of all that stuff, and I just don't see anyone making much money for the effort. OTOH, as I already mentioned there just isn't much there for a "serious" collector. It looks more like a "hoard" than a collectiion.</p>

<p>Kent in SD</p>

[MathewDH]

<p>A nice assortment of goodies. I bet Gene M. could do wonders with them.</p>

<p>One question does come to mind: Did he take any pictures with them?</p>

[tony_lockerbie]

<p>Damn, for a moment I thought someone had broken in a photographed my spare room!</p>

[cosmin_saveanu]

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<p>"Kick-start your classic camera collection"</p>

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<p>... or maybe end it. I mean, it's nice to own stuff as a collection but most of the thrill goes, at least for me, in finding a camera, finding info about it, buying one, maybe even trying to repair it, test it, share some impressions with others. Little of all these will be found if buying such a collection.</p>

[jim_gibbons]

<p>I too like building it one at a time. Having this show up on my porch would be overwhelming. The 35 grand out of the bank would also be overwhelming. </p>

[donnie_strickland]

<p>Somebody's interested...it's up to $54,000 so far. I notice it was <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190798956382">relisted </a>after the initial "winning" bid fell through.</p>