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How much are these vintage cameras and accessories worth??????

1. Kodak Brownie (Black) 2/2A (1920'S)
2. Folding Kodak A120 (1920's/30's)
3. Popular Brownie 620 (1940's)
4. Kodak Pony 135 with filters (1950)
5. Kodak Instamatic 400 (1950's)
6. Olympus U (mju:) - 1 (1970's)
7 Olympus OM40 & Lenses (1980'S)
8. Rolleiflex SL35E & Lenses (1980)
9 Cine Camera - Admira 8 & Lenses (Meopta czechoslovakia) (1950's)
10. Kodak Mini-Instamatic S30 (1980's)
11. 2 Tripods (incl one CT21)
12. Johnsons Exactum 35mm Postcard Enlarger
13. Paterson Major 11 - self loading development tank
14. Minette (Editor Div) Super 8 & Double 8 splicer
15. Showa Kodem (Japan) CDS exposure meter (unittic model 80)

phew........anyway they are all in nice condition.......if you know any of the values or where i might find it then please let me know....ebay seems quite useless as a guide...already tried

Condition is everything

The star in your list is the Rolleiflex SL35E a good working one with no dink or dents will realise about the £100.00 mark with 50mm f1.8 lens actually made by Zeiss, but marked Rollei. I would advise listing the other lenses separately, as some of the rarer lenses have a value which can exceed the camera price. These lenses were often made (and marked) as Makinon.

The Kodak cameras have a following, particularly the folding (what Kodak called the 'pocket') A120 refers to the film size it should be marked Kodak No 1, series 11 or similar. Pinholes in the bellows are the kiss of death for these though some people buy them as a 'decorative' conversation piece. A mint in box would fetch about £40.00 to £50.00 as these are rare, but the price drops off dramatically for a run of the mill example (millions were made) to less than £5.00 or so.

Anything Kodak sells better in the USA.

The Olympus U1 has a good value as there is an increasing diving market for it, these are still used today and spares are still available. Guesstimate about £100.00 to £150.00 if working and the seals are good.

The range is listed here in PDF format;

http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/images/OLYMPUS_UW_FAQ_en.pdf

The OM40 is not the most sought after Olympus, prices are disappointing at around £10.00 or so. List the lens, throw the body in for free, you'll probably realise more as some lenses can be used on the Digital Slr's.

Cine equipment, unless of really good quality, has little or no value these days. There are collectors, but it has to be exceptional to interest them.

Funnily enough Meopta has a website here;

http://www.meopta.cz/index.php?id=144&set_lang=en

Which lists them.

The Instamatics, except for some rare examples, is very definitely an 'orphan' format with little following - and no value.

The rest fall under the bracket of the postage is more than the value.

Condition really is everything, collectors want only perfect examples, except where a camera or lens is rare when they are happy just to have any example in their collection. You really have to be hyper critical - they will be.

Hope this helps.

Chris

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