What to do with inherited old cameras ?

[Loose Gravel]

Just inherited an Argus, Exacta, and a Kodak camera plus a selenium Weston meter and a 135mm Minolta f/4.5. All but the Kodak and Weston were in moldy leather cases.

Weston meter, case is fine and the needle responds with the flap open on the back. Selenium meters get out of sorts after all this time, so it is probably for show, parts, or the bin.
Kodak camera is a postcard rollfilm style. It is probably a #3 or 3A. Lens is clear. Shutter slow at 1/25, but other two speeds are pretty quick. Bellows is down to the card stock. Nothing there. Otherwise the rest looks good.
Argus 35mm looks terrible and the skin is falling off. Dirty.
Exacta 35mm looks terrible too and the skin is falling off. It's very old. It had a roll (that I will process as BW) of expose Kodachrome 25 inside.
Minolta 135/4.5 looks new, but I can't imagine it is worth much.

Do I march them to the bin, say a prayer, and send them along? Is it worth the bother to do something else? I have no, none, attachment to these items.

Thanks all.
ejw

 

[BAC1967]

Not the bin, donate them to a charity store before you do that. Someone here may want them for projects.

 

[Romanko]

Someone here may want them for projects.

Place an ad here. Someone will sure take them, repair and enjoy these old cameras or use them for parts.

 

[koraks]

Place an ad here.

@Loose Gravel FYI, we allow trusted/long-term non-subscribers to post the occasional "For free" ad. Just make the ad as you would want it to appear in the Classifieds, but do it in e.g. the Lounge (can't post in Classifieds without a subcriber account). Then use the 'report' function to ask it to be moved to Classifieds.

 

[xkaes]

FYI, that Minolta 135mm f4.5 was designed for the Minolta 35 I & II from the late 1940's. If it's in good shape, it might be worth quite a bit to some people. It has a Leica thread -- the Minolta 35 was a Japanese Leica copy.