Update on Douglas Winnek 3D Camera from WWII

rlouzan said:
Raid,

Directors, curators get paid and so should you ... that is why most photographers are lousy businessmen.
Your name should also be exhibited next to the camera.

Regards,
Robert
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Hi Robert,
I am not going to give it away. I decided today to again work with the UWF Physics Department to start displaying the camera as a loaner. This gives me more time research specifics about the camera.
 
I don't think any greed would be involved if you sold it.

I think it would be smart to sell it because you could put the money aside for your lovely daughters' education.
 
I also agree that for a collector of cameras, a donation is not really mandatory. AS Roland one time said, "museums also buy from auctions".
 
Does any of our RFF members in Japan know of whom to contact at some museum in Japan regarding the camera? I would have to just give the local museum the camera for free.
 
raid said:
Does any of our RFF members in Japan know of whom to contact at some museum in Japan regarding the camera? I would have to just give the local museum the camera for free.
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There is a Hiroshima Peace Museum commemorating the bomb and it's aftermath.

Many photos and artifacts are on display.

They have a full size model of the bomb, as well as a model of the city after the bomb.

They may have an interest.

http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclien...f.,cf.osb&fp=c1e99b5acbebabce&biw=985&bih=573


Texsport
 
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Texsport said:
There is a museum in Hiroshima commemorating the bomb and it's aftermath.

Many photos and artifacts are on display.

They have a full size model of the bomb, as well as a model of the city after the bomb.

They may have an interest.


Texsport
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I was at that museum a few years ago. I need some help with having someone in Japan call them up for me maybe. An email from a stranger (me) may be ignored.
 
I would definitely sell it to a museum rather than donate it. A lot of your effort went into researching and documenting the history of the camera and the inventor. You should benefit from that effort, IMO.
 
This is also how I see it. Without my persistance for over ten years, this camera would now be thrown away as the other fourteen identical cameras have vanished over the past years. I sent today an email to the museum in Hiroshima.
 
You might consider the George Eastman House. I don't know if I would give anything to the government after all they have already discarded it once.

If it were mine I would be talking to the folks at Westlicht that thing might bring some good money for yourself. Greed? Maybe but it is getting tougher to live nowadays.
 
raid said:
I was at that museum a few years ago. I need some help with having someone in Japan call them up for me maybe. An email from a stranger (me) may be ignored.
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When I toured the museum, my guide informed me that his father was living in Hiroshima at the time of the attack.

That stunned me, until I realized that the tour guide was about 25 years old.

Turns out, the father was visiting at a village over the mountains at the time, and escaped completely.


Best of luck with your quest.

Texsport
 
Contarama said:
You might consider the George Eastman House. I don't know if I would give anything to the government after all they have already discarded it once.

If it were mine I would be talking to the folks at Westlicht that thing might bring some good money for yourself. Greed? Maybe but it is getting tougher to live nowadays.
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Several years ago, and before I knew what type of camera I had, I contacted the George Eastman House to ask about the lens that was on my camera. They had no clue about it in their records.
 
Considering that Japan is in apparant danger of becoming another nuclear waste site, as well as their general attitude regarding WWII, you might want to reconsider donating to the Hiroshima museum. But if they are willing to pay substantialy more, that would need to be a consideration as well.

I just applaud you for your tenacity in researching this camera.
 
I am just checking out several museums to see where I want the camera to go to.
Once it is gone, I will have no say in where it goes next.
 
Bear in mind that you can donate and ask for a real world valued tax receipt.

Think of what it might be worth and ask for that and use it against end of year taxes.

Speak to your accountant (if you have one) and see what you can right off (maybe only a certain percentage) of the donation value

Deductible is almost as good as cash at the end of the year.

DON
 
panerai said:
Bear in mind that you can donate and ask for a real world valued tax receipt.

Think of what it might be worth and ask for that and use it against end of year taxes.

Speak to your accountant (if you have one) and see what you can right off (maybe only a certain percentage) of the donation value

Deductible is almost as good as cash at the end of the year.

DON
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Hi Don,
I am in the midst of such a process. The Naval Aviation Museum will appraise the camera through an IRS office there. If I sell it to another museum, then that would be "real world profit".
 
raid said:
Hi Don,
I am in the midst of such a process. The Naval Aviation Museum will appraise the camera through an IRS office there. If I sell it to another museum, then that would be "real world profit".
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... which in some states would "technically" be taxable. Gifting vs selling is a bear of a decision at times.
 
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