Kerik's Former 7x17 Available

[bill schwab]

This will be fun to watch! That's quite a story Kerik.

See it here

 

[Dave Wooten]

you can take gum over platinum photograps with that camera.

 

[Kerik]

Uh, yeah. That was two 7x17's ago...

I'll be waiting for my cut of the sales price since he's using my name to promote the camera. And I'm sure he's going to sell it for more than he paid for it. On the other hand, using my name may lower the ultimate bid!

Dave - yes, I modified the camera, so you just release the shutter and a gum over platinum print is ejected from the back of the camera. Pretty cool...

 

[mark]

Strange that he is using your name. Are you alright with that?

 

[John McCallum]

Celebrity endorsement – now you know you’ve made it Kerik.

 

[Kerik]

Yeah, it is strange. I know the guy, but haven't spoken to him in years. Am I OK with it? I'm not sure, but it doesn't bother me enough to make a fuss, I suppose. It's been good for a few laughs at least.

Yes, with that celebrity endorsement and 4 bucks, I can buy a latte at Starbuck's...

 

[Ole]

Looks like dagor77 has started a new trend in auction descriptions!

 

[Dave Wooten]

oh, is Kerik still in the building?

 

[Capocheny]

Looks like dagor77 has started a new trend in auction descriptions!

Hi Ole,

EXACTLY what I was thinking when I first came across that specific posting!

But, IMHO, Dagor77's stories are still funnier and more interesting!

Cheers

 

[scootermm]

Yeah, it is strange. I know the guy, but haven't spoken to him in years. Am I OK with it? I'm not sure, but it doesn't bother me enough to make a fuss, I suppose. It's been good for a few laughs at least.

Yes, with that celebrity endorsement and 4 bucks, I can buy a latte at Starbuck's...

thats understandable kerik.

I cant believe its at $2000 already and theres 8 days left.

 

[jimgalli]

I especially like the last line "it is my wish that the new owner tell her of her famous past fathers" where whoever it is elevates himself to equalhood.

I have a cache of lenses that *belonged to William Mortensen and last night I got a Turner Reich that *belonged to Edward Weston. Contact me off-line if interested in any worshipful Icons. You supply altar.



* (perhaps)

 

[Kimberly Anderson]

So as one who is interested in aquiring a 7x17, but who is not *quite* ready yet...what do you guys think that camera is really worth?

Discounting completely what it will sell for on ebay, is there a concensus as to what a Korona in that quality ought to sell for?

Kerik, I knew that you pulled some weight, but for someone to base their whole sales pitch on...I never knew I was rubbing elbows with such greatness.

 

[Dave Wooten]

So as one who is interested in aquiring a 7x17, but who is not *quite* ready yet...what do you guys think that camera is really worth?

Discounting completely what it will sell for on ebay, is there a concensus as to what a Korona in that quality ought to sell for?

Kerik, I knew that you pulled some weight, but for someone to base their whole sales pitch on...I never knew I was rubbing elbows with such greatness.

Interestingly enough, while many camera and lens prices have dropped through the floor, including high end professional,,,,, large and ultra large format cameras and even old "period" lenses have shown a steady increase in value....there is increasing interest in the art world in historical process photography. This past year saw major purchases by major galleries of photographic art....The Met included 8500-piece collection of 19th and early 20th century images owned by the Gilman Paper Company, --also 47 Atget, 25 Stieglitz, 21 W Talbot Fox, 5 Julia M Cameron San Fran M of M A also major photo purchases...

Also of note Rob Kendrick's contemporary photos in Tintype and especially his portrait chosen as no. 1 for cover of Portraits of National Geographic..cover is a tintype photo...

Go digital, Digital photography is doing its best to push analog right to stage center of collectable art...

Look for a continued increase in prices of period cameras and lenses as working artists and collectors begin to fight and grab for the survived stock...

In my humble opinion, newly constructed large format cameras currently being built by contemporary manufacturers are a bargain.....a really good one can be purchased for about or less than a mundane med format SLR set up....

As to what a camera should go for? The market sets the price of course, using this sale as a yardstick, a similar camera for the same or less should be a fair price.....decide on the format you want, study the recent and past sales of the antique cameras, note the prices of the new ones and the new ones used, and decide your budget and adjustments from there....remember new holders are 300 bucks and up---and in my opinion worth it......

Cheers good luck and just jump in with both feet...

 

[dphphoto]

Does anyone remember that Jock Sturges sold one of his 8X10 cameras on eBay a while back? (I think it was a Kodak Masterview.) He included one of his contact prints in the auction. I seem to recall that the camera went for about a grand or so above what it should have.
Now, if this guy was really smart, he would have thrown in one of Kerik's prints with the camera (if he has one, that is). Dean

 

[wfwhitaker]

[cringe!] Too.... embarrassed... to bid.