Expert: David Silver - 11/4/2008

Question
How much do you think we could get for this whole lot of vintage cameras if we sold them all together?  I am send ing a pic of the lot also. 1-Electro 35 G Yashica gt,made in Japan,#881212755. 2-Kodak Tourist II camera,uses 620 film,made in rochester,N.Y.,been corrected. 3-Zeiss Ikon contina camera, made in germany. 4-Leica dbp,Ernst Leitz gmbh, Wetzlar Germany, M3-855371,summarit lens. 5-Kodak Bantam RF, kodak Ektanon Lens,048627. 6-Kodak Instamatic 700 camera, made in usa,033668,kodakektanar lens. 7-kodak 16mm enlarger made in usa by eastman kodak co. rochester,n.y.,uses dodak film s.s.pan.s.s. 616,62959. 8-Leica-meter m, made in Germany,summarit eleitz wetzlar lens,nr. 1098599, has a checkered metal thing on left top hanging out,kinda heavy camera. 9-argus,made in usa,coated cintar 50mm f 3.5 lens,us pat. 229810&us pat.2298787. 9-Exakta vx Thagee Dresden,Biorar 1:2 f=58 nr.4845862 c.z. jena,inside camera has vx 787383,also has sticker that says this exakta is furnished with a guarantee certificate that covers the serial numbers of camera & lens imprinted on it and on registration card with import certificate attache-all issued by exakta camera company. 705 bronx river road, bronxville, n.y. factory representative in usa.  10-ricoh viewer 15985,top pops up and has asa printed on side.  also do you need me to send you individual pictures of each camera? If so tell me where to send them. Thank you for all your information.

Answer



Hello Sherri,

I have to apologize because there's been some major confusion here!  I've been receiving messages about many old cameras from ANOTHER person named Sherri, and at my request she began sending images to my personal e-mail to make things easier.  Then when I kept getting messages here from YOU, I thought it was messages from HER!  So I kept "rejecting" those messages and telling "Sherri" to continue sending images to me directly and not to AllExperts.  Okay, are you confused right now?  Perhaps, but certainly not as confused as I've been!  Anyway, the other Sherri finally figured out that something wasn't quite right, and NOW I realize that you're a completely different person.  Holy cow!

So, looking at your list of cameras, there are probably only three items that have significant value:

"4-Leica dbp, Ernst Leitz gmbh, Wetzlar Germany, M3-855371, summarit lens"

"8-Leica-meter m, made in Germany, summarit eleitz wetzlar lens, nr. 1098599, has a checkered metal thing on left top hanging out, kinda heavy camera"

"9-Exakta vx Thagee Dresden, Biorar 1:2 f=58 nr.4845862 c.z. jena, inside camera has vx 787383"

What I suggest you do is send pictures of those three items directly to me at <silver@well.com> so I can see what condition they're in, appraise them, and then make recommendations on how best to sell them.  The other seven items are low value, maybe $20-$30 each, but I'll see what I can do about finding a buyer for those as well.  Once again, I apologize about the confusion.  Who could have known that two different Sherris would contact me at the exact same time?  Wow!

Best wishes,

David Silver