Large collection of (mostly) vintage medium format cameras

[calindustries]

Hello,
My father reached out to me recently about an estate of a former colleague that includes many (hundreds) of cameras. The people handling the estate are looking to try to sell the collection. I've seen the list and it is very heavy in a lot of old Zeiss Ikons and Linhof gear. Would anyone know of a good place to direct them? They would prefer to move the whole collection without doing individual eBay sales. I thought of maybe KEH but wondered if there were other options that maybe specialized in collector condition antique cameras.

Sorry if this is the wrong subforum, it's just the one I look at the most.

[NancyP]

Old film era view cameras, including medium format adaptations, will have interested buyers if listed in the Large Format Photography forum.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/

Higher end or rare items are always of interest at JapanCameraHunter (I have not dealt with them)
http://www.japancamerahunter.com/2012/12/film-photography-is-not-dead/

General film photography forums, medium format sections of general digital/film photo forums, those would have people interested in run-of-the-mill MF stuff. So what if there's a zillion copies of Bronica TLRs? There are people out there who want to buy.

Flea-Bay.

[Rob C]

Old film era view cameras, including medium format adaptations, will have interested buyers if listed in the Large Format Photography forum.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/

Higher end or rare items are always of interest at JapanCameraHunter (I have not dealt with them)
http://www.japancamerahunter.com/2012/12/film-photography-is-not-dead/

General film photography forums, medium format sections of general digital/film photo forums, those would have people interested in run-of-the-mill MF stuff. So what if there's a zillion copies of Bronica TLRs? There are people out there who want to buy.

Flea-Bay.

Which forces the question: so why did they fold? Of course, the same is applicable to Rollei and probably others, too.

FWIW, I think it may have something to do with the wrong approach to the digital revolution. I wonder if the Leica solution (early) for its cameras might not have been the better option, keeping many of the advantages of original design which worked, until somebody decided to tell everybody it did not. I would still have preferred a snap-on digital back for my Hassy 500s, an F, F2, F3 or F4 Nikon to the bodies I have been forced eventually to own. In fact, I no longer own any "MF" body anymore; retired, squeezed right out of the game insofar as that format is concerned.

Rob

[jmlphotography]

Another site is Photorio, formerly APUG.  They have relatively active large format, medium format film forums and a "for sale" forum. 

There is a huge demand for film equipment right now so selling items won't be a problem.  The main problem might be all the work in listing so much equipment.  Finding someone like the already mentioned japan camera hunter to take them in bulk or perhaps to sell them on consignment might be best.  If that part is already done I would list on Photorio, EBay and the others mentioned above.

Good luck.

[eronald]

Which forces the question: so why did they fold? Of course, the same is applicable to Rollei and probably others, too.

FWIW, I think it may have something to do with the wrong approach to the digital revolution. I wonder if the Leica solution (early) for its cameras might not have been the better option, keeping many of the advantages of original design which worked, until somebody decided to tell everybody it did not. I would still have preferred a snap-on digital back for my Hassy 500s, an F, F2, F3 or F4 Nikon to the bodies I have been forced eventually to own. In fact, I no longer own any "MF" body anymore; retired, squeezed right out of the game insofar as that format is concerned.

Rob

Get an old H3D39 for 2500 quid if you really feel nostalgic ...

Edmund