[Leica] Re: [Rollei] Photo Auction 6/23/01 Radford, Virginia

[Jayadev Kumarasamy <jayk@cisco.com>]

Nice way to spend a Saturday...  or any day for that matter...

- - Jay

  At 11:57 AM 6/24/2001, Marc James Small wrote:
>It is most unusual to have a major photographic auction close to my home in
>western Virginia, but we had one yesterday.  Ken Farmer Auctions in
>Radford, Virginia, sold off the estate of a 'photographic accumulator'.  It
>was most interesting to attend -- the auction was well-run and 224 lots
>were knocked down over a period of about three hours.
>
>There were few surprises:  the photographic gear, with one exception, went
>below or at the bottom of the "expected range", while images (stereoscopic,
>magic lantern slides, prints, negatives) brought in two to three times, or
>more, of this "range".  The sole exception was an Edison Projecting
>Kinoscope, Number 16, with an expected range of $400 to $600;  this puppy
>knocked down at $8,500.
>
>The photo gear advisor was Bob Shell, whom I finally -- after more than a
>decade of exchanges by mail, fax, phone, and e-mail -- got to meet in
>person.  One of the attendees was the IDCC's own Bob Kulinski, noted sage
>of Wood-and-Brass, who left with a trunkful of gear and a sly smile on his
>face.
>
>I didn't dent my pocket-book badly, and went away content with an E-
>Minature Speed Graphic (badly worn back, Kalart RF out of whack, otherwise
>functional, no film holder), an E- Agfa Ambi-Silette (functional, but the
>latch on the RF cover is worn), an E 5.6/300 Kilfitt (minor fungus,
>cosmetically E+, but with a COZWI!), an E Argus C-44 set (with the variable
>finder, the 100mm Cintagon, and the vaunted Argus Flash), and a Rollei 35
>case.  Nothing of Rolleiflex, Leica, or Zeiss/Zeiss Ikon was offered of
>special interest to me, though a IIIA was withdrawn from auction for
>unstated reasons.
>
>All in all, a fascinating 3 hours.
>
>Marc
>
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