Chuffed Cheese
Established
Well, well, well. Looks like quite the find here, lol. I'm sure some fun discussion can be had.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amelia-E...457873?hash=item3d5c5ac611:g:bNgAAOSweBFapAOe
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amelia-E...457873?hash=item3d5c5ac611:g:bNgAAOSweBFapAOe
Erik van Straten
Veteran
I wonder why she didn't take it with her on her flight around the world.
Erik.
Erik.
michaelwj
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When I want things to end up in museums I usually put them on eBay for £50,000 too. I would never contact a museum or two.
Dralowid
Michael
I wish it were true and it may very well be true but provenance such as this is so hard to prove.
At that price provenance would have to be 100% concrete.
Like the idea though...fiddly to load? Surely our Amelia would be made of sterner stuff!
At that price provenance would have to be 100% concrete.
Like the idea though...fiddly to load? Surely our Amelia would be made of sterner stuff!
Haha, good one. Maybe she had many Leicas ... like many of us here past and present.
Chuffed Cheese
Established
Cuz she knew how it would end up. Wanted it to be kept in safe hands, lol.
Larry Cloetta
Veteran
It probably needed a CLA.
Chuffed Cheese
Established
An interesting follow-up. Weird too.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/...t_s_camera_to_go_under_the_hammer_in_Glasgow/
I guess it didn't sell at the auction?
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/...t_s_camera_to_go_under_the_hammer_in_Glasgow/
I guess it didn't sell at the auction?
mconnealy
Well-known
Beemermark
Veteran
At least the price is right-
Sumarongi
Registered Vaudevillain
At least the price is right-
In 2017, McTear's Auctioneers *expected to reach between £10,000 and £15,000*, and didn't succeed, now Mr Wullie Macdonald's grandson Ian thinks he'll get £ 50,000...
capitalK
Warrior Poet :P
The story could be genuine, but I'm guessing grampa told a whopper.
Montag006
Established
Subjects like this and Erik's comment make me say
"I love this website and the people on here." :angel:
Emile de Leon
Well-known
They should dna test..or fingerprint it..lol..
giganova
Well-known
Shouldn't Amelia Earharts' Leica look like this?
Muggins
Junk magnet
A CLA will sort that!
(from the Hindenburg?)
The Kodak Duo 620 is pretty but, in my limited experience, the Kodak Anastigmat lens is a bit of a contrast-free zone. Oddly, I have only ever seen two of these, and when I saw the second I had the first in my pocket with a film in!
Art-deco Kodak Duo-620 by gray1720, on Flickr
Adrian
(from the Hindenburg?)
The Kodak Duo 620 is pretty but, in my limited experience, the Kodak Anastigmat lens is a bit of a contrast-free zone. Oddly, I have only ever seen two of these, and when I saw the second I had the first in my pocket with a film in!
Art-deco Kodak Duo-620 by gray1720, on FlickrAdrian
Huss
Veteran
In related news, I am selling an Olympus Stylus owned by Jesus.
(I bought it from him at the Pasadena City College flea market).
(I bought it from him at the Pasadena City College flea market).
davidnewtonguitars
Family Snaps
I guess it WAS fiddly to load, trying to stuff an IXMOO in there!
