Martin As of 10:45pm tonight with really only tomorrow morning to go its now £120. Looks as if two bidders at least are going to fight it out. They might be intending to use it in their respective darkrooms but I doubt it. Expect to see it on e-bay in dribs and drabs for weeks to come but this time hopefully appropriately labelled in terms of size and RC/FB and paper surface.
It the winner is a quick buck merchant then expect to see " cannot inspect so no guarantee and buy as seen". On the other hand if he/she is a no risk, reliable seller and you would fit this bill then he/she should remove a sheet at random from each box and develop then state that such a check was carried out, found to be OK and the buyer can expect the other sheets to all be in similar condition.
If there are all OK or even slightly fogged and can be rescued by benzotriazole/potassium bromide then there might be a steady income stream here , given the recent increase in price. I'd buy some RC Satin if its there, off you at a reasonable profit to you and there must be others here who'd do the same but I'd suspect that correspondence and postage and packing time might be quite a drain on your time.
It will be interesting to see by how much the winning bid rises. In the old days a camera club might have bid but nowadays you'd need quite a large syndicate to make use of the paper in the shelf life time it might have left and then there's the problem of its re-distribution to the syndicate members.
If I were head of Leamington College photographic classes, I might take a chance and if it turns out OK then advertise the B&W evening classes or full time student classes with free paper thrown in.
You've got 5 days to collect and I suspect that provided you had paid, this 5 days might be more flexible than the seller is actually admitting to.
I am risk averse and a small user but recognise that anyone who isn't deserves to profit from the risk.
pentaxuser
