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217400 FOLMER & SCHWING/GRAFLEX 5X7 STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHIC, 4X5 BAUSCH & LOMB/ZEISS TESSAR SERIES IIb, THE SHUTTER RELEASE HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH A MORE CONVENIENT DOWNWARD MOTION RELEASE, SHUTTER IS DRY, CRACKED, HAS PINHOLES AND DOES NOT WANT TO RUN (IT WILL MOVE A LITTLE WITH COAXING), GLASS IS CLEAN, CAMERA LOOKS EX-/VG+ (FROM THE COLLECTION OF KEN METCALF) $2,400.00
224972 GRAFLEX 2-1/4 X 3-1/4 MINIATURE SPEED GRAPHIC, 101/4.5 KODAK EKTAR IN NO. 1 SUPERMATIC, WITH GRAFLOK BACK (FOCUSING SCREEN PRESENT BUT HOOD IS MISSING), FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER AND ITS CURTAIN OK BUT LEAF SHUTTER IS STICKY AT MOST SPEEDS INCLUDING B AND T, SYNCHRONIZER UNTESTED, LENS HAS LIGHT HAZE PLUS A FAIR AMOUNT OF DUST AND DEBRIS, VIEWFINDER HOUSING DAMAGED AND ITS FRONT LENS CHIPPED, RANGEFINDER A LITTLE DIM BUT USEABLE, LOWER LENS BOARD LOCK NOT ORIGINAL, SEVERAL AREA OF WEAR, LOOKS EX-/VG+ $175.00
217508 GRAFLEX 4X5 PRE-ANNIVERSARY SPEED GRAPHIC (1938) WITH 3-1/4 X 4-1/4 REVOLVING BACK, 127/4.7 EKTAR IN SUPERMATIC. THIS CAMERA WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN ARTICLE IN THE GRAFLEX JOURNAL (2005 VOL. 1). APPARENTLY A FACTORY BUILD WITH A 190/3.5 LENS AND AN UNUSUAL ETCHED BRASS DEPTH OF FIELD TABLE ON THE BACK. REAR SHUTTER RUNS AND THE CURTAIN LOOKS GOOD, FRONT SHUTTER FIRES BUT OCCASIONALLY DOES NOT OPEN, RANGEFINDER STICKS AND NEEDS ADJUSTMENT, GLASS IS CLEAN, LOOKS EX/EX+ (FROM THE COLLECTION OF KEN METCALF) $350.00
219900 GRAFLEX 3-1/4 X 4-1/4 ANNIVERSARY SPEED GRAPHIC PROTOTYPE, WITH COMBINED RANGEFINDER/VIEWFINDER. THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT ON THE TOP TO CALIBRATE THE RANGEFINDER. THE RANGEFINDER IS CRISP AND CONTRASTY. THE 135/4.5 ZEISS TESSAR IN COMPUR WAS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE CAMERA, BUT THE SHUTTER RUNS AND THE GLASS IS CLEAN. THE REAR SHUTTER CURTAIN IS NICE AND RUNS SMOOTHLY. THIS IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KEN METCALF, AND I FEEL THIS IS THE MOST INTERESTING CAMERA HE HAD. LOOKS EX+ $7,500.00
217991 GRAFLEX 4X5 RB GRAPHIC SPECIAL (NO FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER), 1925, WITH 150/3.5 XENAR IN COMPOUND SHUTTER, GRAFLEX BACK, LEATHER SHOWS SIGNS OF THINGS BEING ADDED AND REMOVED (MOST LIKELY A FINDER OF SOME SORT ON THE TOP, LATER SIDE HANDLE BRACKETS AND A FLASH MOUNT, NO SIGNS OF A FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER OR RANGEFINDER), SHOWN ON GRAFLEX SERIAL NUMBER LIST AS SPECIAL 4X5 RB GRAPHIC CAMERA, APRIL 10, 1925), SEE VOL. 1 ISSUE 3 OF GRAFLEX HISTORICAL QUARTERLY FOR AN ARTICLE ON THIS CAMERA, SHUTTER RUNS, LENS IS SLIGHTLY HAZY, OVERALL CAMERA LOOKS EX/EX- (FROM THE COLLECTION OF KEN METCALF) $875.00
218600 GRAFLEX 4X5 TELESCOPIC GRAPHIC SPECIAL, WITH LENS PLUG, FRONT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXTEND, SHUTTER NOT WORKING, SMALL LEATHER PATCH OVER REAR BUTTON, OUTER LEATHER IS DRY, CRACKED AND MISSING SOME CHIPS, LOOKS EX-/VG+ $2,500.00
217197 GRAFLEX INSPECTOGRAPH, AC VERSION OF THE FINGERPRINT CAMERA, ONE OF 78 PRODUCED, LOOKS EX/EX+ (FROM THE COLLECTION OF KEN METCALF) $225.00
224968 GRAFLEX 2-1/4 X 3-1/4 MINIATURE SPEED GRAPHIC, 101/4.5 KODAK EKTAR IN FLASH SUPERMATIC, WITH SWING BACK (FOCUSING SCREEN PRESENT BUT LACKS HOOD), WIRE FRAME FOR FINDER AND TOP COVER PLATE FOR RANGEFINDER MISSING, FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER AND CURTAIN OK, LEAF SHUTTER'S SLOW SPEEDS FIRE TOO SLOWLY PLUS B AND T ARE INCONSISTENT, SHUTTER BLADES USUALLY DO NOT QUITE FULLY OPEN, GLASS HAS SOME DUST AND DEBRIS PLUS LIGHT SCRATCHES ON THE FRONT ELEMENT, SLIGHTLY ROUGH AND SQUEAKY FEEL TO FOCUS, RANGEFINDER DIM BUT USEABLE, FLASH CIRCUIT UNTESTED, LOOKS EX/EX- $175.00