Man, this proves even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.
I was in my small home town of Star, MS, when I felt this pull to go into this flea market on the side of the road. I go in there, and the first thing I see is this bundle of stuff:
Since a photographer probably didn't dump the stuff (unless it was someone that didn't like his last scores in a DPC challenge), it was probably a disgrunted or ex-spouse... or else stolen. But since it's not something you can check serial numbers or anything and you will never know, at least you can enjoy you great find.
And it wasn't necessarily stolen, or an angry ex. You'd be surprised how often people want to unload stuff just to get it out of the way, sometimes without knowing or caring how much it might be worth. Congrats!
It might not be, Nova. But I still say the chances are that there is another reason it's there than someone that bought it decided to just dump it. It could be that someone bought it and then died and the family is selling it and don't know what it's worth. This happens in Ham Radio all the time. A guy spends thousands on his radio equipment, dies and his wife sells it to the first person that offers $100 to get that old junk out of the den. This might have been something like that. Although I still think a disgunted ex-spouse got a little revenge on her photographic ex. :D
Congrats on the great finds!! I used to collect antique cameras (lost most of them in a flood a few years ago), but I would find them at flea markets and auctions for $.50 to $1.00. I had quite a few examples of working Kodak "pocket" cameras (with the bellows), Leicas, etc. Most of them worked if you could find film to fit them. It really is true that one person's trash is another person's treasure.
Keep looking (oh, yeah, let me know if you find any of those **ahem** ugly old white lenses -- I'm thinking of collecting those :))
DANG!! I knew I wanted to go yard saleing!! I'll have to keep my eyes open & hope for some good finds trying to get rid of stuff before winter! Great find!!!
