1946 Agfa Isopan, Isochrom, Lupex, Portriga

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Hello, found this in my old house today is it worth anything?
 

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At least the paper seems to have been stored humid. I am not sure about its age.

The rollfilms could be seen as early samples of postwar Agfa Wolfen production.
 

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In terms of feelings, feelings, and so on, they certainly have a great moral and human value within the (intangible human heritage).
If Croatia were near me and could go by bus, I would have come to you to seize that fortune. Even cardboard boxes are a fortune, in my personal opinion.

From a purely physical point of view, 90% of them are all damaged..
There is a developer who specializes in recovering a full stop of expired films,,
- I tried this developer with a roll (Svema) made in Ukraine, and it was expired 40 years ago, and the idea succeeded.. and a picture of the results is attached.
- This developer consists of two solutions, not one, and you should put the roller in the first solution for three minutes with a temperature of 25, and after that you put the solution in the second solution for three minutes,,
And I added a step that I learned from Mr. Raghu, the respected engineer, which is a very important step
- You make an alkaline solution consisting of 0.70 grams of borax + 0.30 grams of sodium hydroxide + filtered liter of water,,
- When you finish the second step, you put the roller in this alkaline solution for two minutes with rapid agitation without stopping in both directions..
After that, you get rid of this solution and wash the film with water, and you put the roller in the (Fixer) solution for 10 minutes,,
is over ,
I will bring you the recipe in the attachments.
 

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AgX said:
At least the paper seems to have been stored humid. I am not sure about its age.

The rollfilms could be seen as early samples of postwar Agfa Wolfen production.
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Hmm, yes, the paper has to be tested. I'm not too optimistic here.
The Isopan's look pre 1945 (expired by September 1946, if I read it correctly, made in the IG Farben timeline) to me, maybe made 1943 or so.
Old nitro film can be fun...

@ OP: About money, hard to say - split the whole in some lot's and see...

Best
Jens
 
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No, not expired but made in 1946. See the lot-document.
 

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In July 1946 the filmplant itself became soviet property and respectively changed its name. But their marketing was still done under IG Farben, resp. Agfa Berlin
 

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No, there is no statement of "expiration". Without such instead the production time is referred to.

Look again at that lot-document. It is written in German, French, English. During the war Agfa would not have used English. And there soon was no export market anyway and films got rather scarce.
 

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Out of curiosity, what size is the Lupex paper - 6,5×9,5 cm or inch?
 
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Tnx guys

Museum is good idea, but I would love to sell them..if they are worth something
 

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As photographic materials: Junk
As collectable items for eBay: Yes, easily 100+ USD
 

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Gengar22 said:
Dimensions of box is 10,9 x 14,3cm
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Thank you, so it's centimetres. This goes to show the size people enjoyed photographs back then - Carte de visite, Cabinet card (Half plate), Boudoir prints,... and suddenly everything exploded in size.
 
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