Take a look at these auctions from a pack rat

[M. Valdemar]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1950s-LEITZ-5cm-f-2-0-SUMMICRON-collapsible-BM-MINT_W0QQitemZ120193065479

In particular, make sure you click on the links to all the stuff in this guy's basement.

Dead stock from 60 years ago. The guy was a pack rat who couldn't part with anything, even old chemicals.

Look at the other auctions the seller is running.

 

[alternatve]

Just look at all those cameras and film, screaming to be used.

Samuel

 

[jack palmer]

Unbelievable! Hope it all goes to a good home............like mine.

 

[Ororaro]

Man! All brand new?

 

[M. Valdemar]

If I had a house with a basement instead of living in a NYC apartment, it might end up looking like that before I dropped dead.

 

[hans voralberg]

It looks like a frigging camera museum in there, holy cow. I hate myself for not living in NY >.< I could have go to that sale

 

[oftheherd]

Unless the owners decided to just get rid of everything as quickly as possible, I can't believe they decided to do a local auction for the rest. The ebay seller could have made a career of selling all that gear and probably been well off even with only a commission. That is just an amazing collection!

Some of that would be good users, but much of that would be good contenders for collections that never got used. Whether private collectors or museums.

 

[hans voralberg]

Anyone from the UK wanna team up and fly out to that aution lol ?

 

[dcsang]

Oh man.. that's just across the border - like a 2 hour drive from me.. hehe.. I wonder if they'd do "local pick up"

Dave

 

[ocean7]

Wow that's Ali Baba's cave! I could spend a month in there, sleeping on the floor and eating Kraft Dinners while contemplating this pile of wonderful gear!

 

[sirius]

Those things should really go to a collector...save the ugly betty's for folks like me...

 

[ocean7]

Hey Dave, want to drive down there? I am worried that admitance will be on lotery only.

 

[dexdog]

brand new eBay seller, with zero feedback. Some of the items are going for big bucks. I would be leery of bidding because of no feedback history.

Amazing what some people accumulate. Also makes me wonder how people can afford to buy all this stuff and just let it pile up, unused.

 

[hans voralberg]

Oh man.. that's just across the border - like a 2 hour drive from me.. hehe.. I wonder if they'd do "local pick up"

Dave

Go to that local aution man, pickup load and sell some to me

 

[dcsang]

Man.. I would - but I see the estate sale is over as of yesterday

Dave

 

[hans voralberg]

and will also be held Saturday 12/15 and Sunday 12/16 in Amherst, NY (a suburb of Buffalo)

not this one

 

[Avotius]

That was better then sex.

 

[Spider67]

OK...He could not take it with him to to visit some shaman or Sorcerer to find a way to meke that feasible!

 

[splitimageview]

I guess camera stores had pretty good margins in the old days, to accrue so much unsold inventory...the unused M3 is now at $3200...with 5 days left...

 

[Gumby]

That was better then sex.

pathetic... simply pathetic.