Expert: John Oliverio - 6/27/2009

Question
I am a senior move manager (Smooth Transitions of SE Fl)I  have a client that has 4 cameras Kodax Autographic Brownie, Kodax Ball bearing No1 Autographic, Twindar Lens, No1 kodon, and a Polaroid in fairly good condition are they of any value?

Answer
Sorry Linda, but no.  They aren't worth much.  $5 or $10 dollars each.  The reason is that all of them were mass produced and are not rare.  I picked up an Autographic at an antique store to decorate a book shelf with a while back.  I got it for $3 dollars.  The last Polaroid I bought (Polaroid Swinger) I got for less than a dollar at a flea market. Old cameras can be fun to experiment with, or as I do... decorate with.  But unless it is rare or very unusual (which I guess would make it rare as well) or very high end, they usually have only sentimental value.

John