Collection Sold

After some procrastination about selling the collection piecemeal, meaning sell the best stuff people want, and often at less than the market value, and leaving the stuff no one wants except if it's free, I found a way to sell the whole collection, minus the 4 cameras and 10 lenses I'll keep.

I have always held out the option of selling the collection to a wholesaler or reseller, such as KEH, and at times they have had some interest in some of it but not always all of it, and having to go through their Website to list all the time was laborious.

I found the answer when KEH came to a local photography equipment used equipment sell and swap meet in the Seattle area. After sending them the list of the collection, they offered to buy the whole collection, and at a fair price since it's more than what would sell and they get the rest.

So on Saturday (April 11th) I took the collection to them where they reviewed, tagged and assessed the value and came to a slightly higher value they offered initially from the list. The agreement was they paid for the collection and shipping, and it will be shipped next week to their Atlanta office.

I left the show with a nice check which now absolves me of all of it. I'm keeping my original SRT-101 and 58mm f1.2 lens I started photography in 1969 and a few more items, including a brand new (really) XD-11, one really sweet camera, along with 5 small MD lenses from 28mm to 135mm which was my basic street photography gear for years.

Also, included in what I'll keep are a 21mm f4.5 mm (requires mirror lockup), a personal favorite to use, a MC 100mm f2 lens, a MD 135mm f2 lens, and a Tamron 300mm f2.8 with the TC's, lens hood, the complete set of drop-in filters and several 110mm outer filters.

The Tamron lens looks battered but the optics and mechanics are in great shape. Along with that, since Tamron didn't make the adaptor for this lens to AF bodies, I have a Minolta MC/MD to Canon EOS adaptor for the Canon 5D and 1N. It takes some practice using it as the Canon's camera to lens connections don't work, but nothing too hard or time consuming.

This only leaves 3 large format lenses to sell, which I'll advertise soon if anyone is interested. They are a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f5.6, a Schneider APO Symmar 180mm f5.6 and a Schneider Symmar 300mm f5.6. I love these lenses but they don't fit the Horseman HD camera.

I have thought to keep them should I buy a better field camera or a rail camera, but the one I wanted was never produced after paying a deposit (refunded recently). I still hold hope but finances don't look good for it, so the lenses will be offered in the near future.

Let me know if you want photos or are interested. They're in excellent condition with Copal shutters which work great.

My Apologies

Well, folks, I've been late with posting additonal entries for the other lenses, cameras and equipment in the collection and for not responding promptly to inquiries. I won't hedge the explanation except to say it's been a hard spring for me in many ways and the project just got set aside.

I've also been late with other work and projects so this isn't new this year, and while I can promise to do better, and I will, it still will be awhile. I hope you're patient because in the end, the equipment will be sold, but I have one option I'd love to offer anyone.

And it's simple because my goal is to sell the whole collection. So, if anyone has the money, the whole collection is up for sale at less than the sum of the pieces in it, best offer over $5,00, shipping in the US included.

The other option I'm looking at is selling it to KEH but they're often not just below market value, they're below what would be a minimum for sellers to expect. Otherwise, I'll sell the pieces as time permits.

Update

I apologize to everyone for being late with the work on updating the posts with the photos and descriptions of the rest of the collection of cameras, lenses and peripheral equipment. Nothing really has changed except I've had to focus on my health and fitness where I can work again in any normal way I have been working.

All I can say is the digestive issues have stablized where I know what's wrong and I know what I can eat and everything else is an occasional food experiment or just off-limits, which is most foods. The Siactic nerve has also stablized where the front of the lower right leg is still numb from above the knee to the ankle and the whole left leg is weaker than before the problems.

That said, I'm walking a lot, 5-6 miles 4-5 days a week which leaves me tired for much of the day. And with just 2+ days for real work, life seems to get in the way. Such is life anymore, but all of the stuff is still available and for sale.

In the meantime, I'll get back to the photos and descriptions of each piece in the Minolta manual focus system and the three large format lenses, and if you have an real interest, meaning wanting to buy, please let me know and we can make the arrangements.

LF Lenses

I'm still on my break for health reasons, and I'm still working on photos of the lenses, cameras and peripheal equipment with my Minolta manual focus system, but I've decided to sell three large format lenses, used with 4x5 and larger cameras.

These lenses are as follows:

Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f5.6
Schneider APO-Symmar 180mm f5.6
Schneider Symmar-S 300mm f5.6

I'll be posting photos and descriptions soon but the lenses are in like new condition. They haven't been used since I bought because the 4x5 camera I had planned to use them won't happen and they don't fit the 4x5 camera I have now.

I currently use a Horseman HD camera which is an excellent basic field camera but has limitations on the focal length and size of the lenses which fit it, namely 120mm to about 240mm and only Copal 0 and 1 shutters, not a 3 shutter.

All the lenses are in near-mint condition. As for the price, the 90mm lens is $800, the 180mm lens is $600, and the 300mm lens is $1,000. I can send photos if you are interested before I've posted descriptions of them here.

You can e-mail me if you have any questions or have interest to buy any of them. I'm open to fair offers.

Short Break

I've taken a short break this last month or so to work on my health and fitness issues. This break will continue for awhile, but I'll try to get things caught up for the month and the fall season.

I apologize for taking recent breaks, but with a Siatic nerve problems with the still lingering right leg numbness and the digestive system still reacting to foods and itself, it's been hard to focus on anything else, whether its my photography, my Mt. Rainier NP photo guide and history projects, my business, and the rest of my life. They've all suffered.

Anyway, you'll likely see small incremental updates over the next few weeks as I'm over medical appointments and tests for awhile and can focus on my walking (running still out because the right leg doesn't work that well) and the Website and photography equipment sale.

Thanks for being patient, and I'll keep ya'll posted when things are on-line.