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Russian propaganda Postcard -
SPUTNIK MOON & CAMERA  
Sovietsky hudozhnik, 1964
Courtesy of Andrei Nossov <ossso@mail.ee>

Camera Collector's happiest Christmas

Klicken Sie auf das jeweilige Bild, um die Originalgrösse zu erhalten!
Klick on the thumbnail to get the full picture!

eBay
camera descriptions on eBay are a great source ...

Voigtländer
the correct spelling of the classic brand name causes a lot of confusion and problems for sellers....

recent tries:

German Voigslanver Camera
Yoighander Camara
VOIGHANDER  VITO
Yoigtländer Vitomatic II b Color
(if you're the happy owner of a B&W version I'd love to hear from you!)

(surely to be continued)
 

Descriptions I
You can learn a lot about cameras, which you never suspected...

This very rare and unusual GERMAN CAMERA  was manufactured in a factory in DRESDEN, GERMANY.  The name of
the manufacturer is Kamera-Workstatten.  Underneath the plate is marked DRP which means DEITCH REPUBLIC
DRESDEN-A1.

Es ist eine alte Kamera aber 100% in Orndnung !! Aufschrieften sin folgende:Prontor 125,ISCO-GÖTTINGEN
COLOR-ISCONAR 1:2,8/45.
Die Kamera  ist mit Original Ledertasche,Und Kann am Objektiv durch 3 verschiedene Ringe (Kreise)Eingestellt werden.
Viel Spaß beim Bieten!! Keufer trägt Versand    und ibay kosten.

Ich habe die kammera aus nachlass bin aber kein Fachmann und sonst auch nicht fototechnisch bewannt.

fotoaperat funktioniert sonst alles in ordnung

Descriptions II
Describing Cameras, from an IDCC post dated 01-21-97 by Milan Zahorcak:

TERMS
Antique.................older than the dealer
Old.......................as old as the dealer
Early.....................younger than the dealer
Classic..................as old as the dealer's oldest kid
Collectible..............for sale
Modern..................used by the dealer's kid, too complicated to explain
User......................not completely broken
Sophisticated.........too complicated to use, too hard to hold
Ergonomic.............too complicated to use, but easy to hold
Interesting..............ugly
Unusual.................ugly
Uncommon............one of the few the dealer has left
Acquire..................to pay way too much, see also "temporary insanity"
Naylem..................to acquire at auction by simply leaving one's hand up
the entire time
Floggoff..................to sell something awful with shame or remorse
Scarf......................to snatch up a great piece for almost nothing,
then disappear
Find.......................to pay less than you expected
Buy.......................to pay more than you expected
Steal......................see "scarf," unless you actually did steal it
Temporary insanity....a purchase wich results in instant regrets, see also
"acquire"
Stanhopeless...........to search for, to no avail

CONDITION CODES:
New, in the box ................almost new, with a box
New..................................almost new without a box
As new.............................used, but sold "as new"
Like new...........................used, but not engraved
Mint..................................not heavily used or engraved
Ex+++..............................not heavily used, may be engraved
Ex+..................................heavily used and engraved
Ex....................................still recognizable as a camera
Ex-...................................no longer recognizable as a camera
Very good.........................may not be a camera

C10...................................anything Ex or above
C9 or less..........................anything below Ex

Repairable.........................broken
Restorable.........................badly broken
Restored............................cleaned by dealer
Brassing............................worn out
Ding...................................bashed repeatedly
Cleaning marks....................any scratch, gouge, or chip in the lens
Fungus..............................mushrooms growing between elements
Hazy, foggy........................lens cleaned with steel wool and abrasives
Inop...................................badly broken
Sluggish............................something moves, but not in a useful
manner

CATCH PHRASES
Daguerrean equipment.............any wooden camera, pre-1900
dry-plate camera.....................any other wooden camera
wet-plate camera.....................any other wooden camera found in the
Pacific Northwest
Museum piece........................owned by the dealer's parents
Early Polaroid..........................film no longer available
Collectible Polaroid................... a lie
Leica copy...............................not a wooden camera

 

High Expectations...  more interesting phrases

MODEST RESERVE:  

... another phrase for "if you're not willing to sell your house for this one, better not bid"
 
A Voigtländer Perkeo II didn't meet the "modest reserve" at $436  on May13, 2001.  McKeown at this time valued it at $175-250,
 while in Germany this camera is easily available for  well under $175)

 Any suggestions for "High RESERVE?"

COLLECTOR'S VALUE
"Mamiya has discontinued making cameras so these cameras have a lot of collectors value in them" 
(found by D Edwards <thomed@powerweb.net>, Thanks!)

HISTORICAL VALUE

The seller wants R$ 3000 (U$ 850) for a Minox III (buy it now!) because of it's alleged "historic value". He says the camera was owned and used by a famous brazilian architect and artist in a 1948 journey to the Amazon basin (and he has witnesses for this information).(found by "Wolfgang Fischer" <wfischer@icb.usp.br>

(The Minox III got on the market a few years later than that... ;) We might want to look at our own cameras differently from now on - I took my Nikon on a Rhine River valley trip last year, do   I qualify  ???

 HISTORY RE-WRITTEN

"Box camera made by Balda around 1392."
(from an EBay description, found by Jeremy Templer <jtempler@looksmart.net>)