What to do with old Leitz Prado projector?

Paula G

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Hi. I inherited a beautiful Leitz Prado projector, from around 1954, for slides and microscope slides. Really good condition, and still works. Two lenses, a Leitz Wetzlar Colorplan 90mm f/2.5 and a Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 50mm f/2.8.
I called Leica and they have no ideas. Surely there's a Leica nerd somewhere who wants this! Museum suggestions? I was able to make a nice photo with it, but now it needs a good home! (I also have an old Revere 553 slide projector in original box, with 2 rectangular slide trays.)
 

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Don_ih

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Facebook marketplace or ebay. People will but it for the lenses, probably. It's not the most convenient thing for projecting slides - and not many people project slides, anymore. I wouldn't expect to get a lot of money for it.
 

Don_ih

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Well, there's no reason to throw it out. It can be given to Goodwill or given away on here, for example. It can take a while for something unusual to sell on Facebook marketplace or Craigslist. There are people who would want that, but they don't search for it every day.
 
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