Larry the sailor
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Picked up a bit of darkroom gear this afternoon from a Craigslist ad.
Beseler Dichro45, I saw it turned on and apparently working, also came with the standard head and a condenser chamber of some sort, haven't sorted all of it yet. 3 lenses; 50mm that I forgot to look to see what brand, a Vivitar 100mm and a EL Nikor 150, all mounted in lens board, 2 4X5 negative carriers one with glass one with out, 6X7 carrier and 35mm carrier that I've found so far.
Multiple sets of trays from 5X7 to 16X20, some kind of color film processor motorized drum thing ( not Jobo) a couple of Jobo tanks, grain focusers 3 different darkroom/enlarger timers 3 safelights, several different easels from a basic combo 5 way up to a 16X20 and a couple of different proof printers, several different odds and ends branded "ZONE VI" also a big honking Zone VI print washer large enough for 16X20.
A couple of 35mm bulk film loaders and a couple of bags of empty refillable (?) cartridges.
Several boxes of assorted darkroom odds and ends.
Included was boxes and boxes and boxes of photo paper from 5X6 to 16X20 mostly B&W but some color, RC and fiber, most of it in factory sealed boxes. Age and life in storage is unknown but I suspect it is 10-12 years old and while most is sealed in plastic of some sort it has been stored in a garage I didn't really figure it into the value of the gear. There is also a box of boxes of 5X7 film, 16 boxes, some 50 count some 100, 6 of which are Fuji color of some sort, most of them still factory sealed but again stored in a garage for 10-12? years so not considered in the value
I gave $500 for the lot, how bad did I get took?
Only thing a little scary out of the pile was the box of photographic chemicals. Again, age unknown quite a bit of Kodak and Edwal bulk components
Beseler Dichro45, I saw it turned on and apparently working, also came with the standard head and a condenser chamber of some sort, haven't sorted all of it yet. 3 lenses; 50mm that I forgot to look to see what brand, a Vivitar 100mm and a EL Nikor 150, all mounted in lens board, 2 4X5 negative carriers one with glass one with out, 6X7 carrier and 35mm carrier that I've found so far.
Multiple sets of trays from 5X7 to 16X20, some kind of color film processor motorized drum thing ( not Jobo) a couple of Jobo tanks, grain focusers 3 different darkroom/enlarger timers 3 safelights, several different easels from a basic combo 5 way up to a 16X20 and a couple of different proof printers, several different odds and ends branded "ZONE VI" also a big honking Zone VI print washer large enough for 16X20.
A couple of 35mm bulk film loaders and a couple of bags of empty refillable (?) cartridges.
Several boxes of assorted darkroom odds and ends.
Included was boxes and boxes and boxes of photo paper from 5X6 to 16X20 mostly B&W but some color, RC and fiber, most of it in factory sealed boxes. Age and life in storage is unknown but I suspect it is 10-12 years old and while most is sealed in plastic of some sort it has been stored in a garage I didn't really figure it into the value of the gear. There is also a box of boxes of 5X7 film, 16 boxes, some 50 count some 100, 6 of which are Fuji color of some sort, most of them still factory sealed but again stored in a garage for 10-12? years so not considered in the value
I gave $500 for the lot, how bad did I get took?
Only thing a little scary out of the pile was the box of photographic chemicals. Again, age unknown quite a bit of Kodak and Edwal bulk components
For me, it is a nice amount of useable goods for the money, so I would just enjoy it. Congrats on your find.
