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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    Great story, fine images!

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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    A good read. Thanks Jim!

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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    Rings true and the only way to improve the story is if the eBay seller was in Tonopah.

    I call that type story, a Bar Story, which are usually true and told quickly, before teller loses his audience.

    Good one!
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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    Was there any hint in that lot of odds-n-ends of who actually manufactured the Bi-Quality lenses? One of the great mysteries of large format photography!
    "I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."

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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Sawyer View Post
    Was there any hint in that lot of odds-n-ends of who actually manufactured the Bi-Quality lenses? One of the great mysteries of large format photography!
    Thanks all. And, no hint. The barrel is obviously Wollensak. Did they do the glass to customer design and order?? We'll likely never know.

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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    If I remember rightly, Frank Pechman (1911-2004) was a well-known portrait photographer. From what I read he organized a later production run of Bi-Quality lenses, but that's purely from memory.
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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    Thanks for all the comments. Does anyone remember which book references Edward Weston calling his Guggenheim $$$ 1938 Ford that he and Charis drove all over the west La Puta Negra. (The Black Whore). Mostly Charis calls it Heimy after Henry Ford. I was trying to find the reference in California and the West but didn't stumble onto it. Maybe it was in Charis' book Through Another Lens.

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    As I recall, the Ford was called 'Heimy' after the Guggenheim grant. They bought the least expensive two-door sedan, in black to save a few dollars, and later regretted that decision while traveling in the desert. I can't remember which book that's from, but I do admire your '38 coupe.

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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    A bit late to the party but thanks for sharing Jim ... great images and clearly a one-of-a-kind lens !

    Rudi A.

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    Re: A Pinkham Tale.

    Like DAGOR77's listings, the stories are often even better than the objects. Thanks for posting it.
    Wilhelm (Sarasota)

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