Biggest "steal" you ever made...

[Robbie Shymanski]

I was helping clean a house and came across some Institute of Design annual photo portfolios. Along with signed work by Ray Metzger and Barbara Crane, there were two signed prints of "Jerome, Arizona" by Aaron Siskind! That and a complete second edition Wethemuth Portfolio by FLW.

[Michael Graves]

8x10M Toyo field camera in mint condition, with a 300mm 5.6 Fujinon. A Gitzo Tele Studex tripod with a Rationale 4 head and 12 mint 8x10 fidelity film holders, plus a box of 50 sheets of tri-x to get me started. Total price....$500.00.

[c.d.ewen]

bought a mint 18 inch verito for $45....

sold it......

Crap, Eddie, you beat me - I got a pair of them but had to pay $200 apiece.

Oh, wait - that last soiree at your place? Got a 16 1/2 Dagor for $50.

Charley

[Michael Roberts]

A Turner Reich No. 6--that's the 11x14 lens--triple convertible 15-24-36 for $64. It's in barrel, not shuttered, but still...I don't think I'll ever part with it.

I think John wins so far--what's that, a penny a sheet? Sweet!

[8x10 user]

An 18" Spencer Portland for $200, an 18" Gundlach Hyperion for $750, and a 17" P&S SA for $1700 make the top of my list.

Of course managing to purchase a P&S is a steal no matter what the cost is. Anyone have one for sale?

[jonnrossi@gmail.com]

A few years ago, my friend sold me his father in law's 1946 Martin 000-21 guitar for $1300. Pop was the original owner. Was under the bed for a coupla decades. Plays and sounds so sweet. Now worth $7K.

Your work is beautiful. Jon

[ChrisN]

Durst Lab 1200 with CLS450 head and a 135mm lens and the power supply - for $50. But it cost me $$$ to build a darkroom so I could use it.

This week I've been given 2 x 100 sheet boxes of old paper, slightly fogged. Develops ok with a little benzo. I'm a happy camper!

[Steve M Hostetter]

I stole my ex-wife from her then huge boyfriend .. Then not long after I had to fight the bastard so I guess you could say she wasn't a bargin

[cosmicexplosion]

350 foot roll of kodak 4" film for 60 bucks the other day off ebay! (over a thousand 4x5 shots)

... i did buy a custom horsman 6x12 medium format kit, that cost the guy 20k to have built, for a fraction of that, which i am now thinking of selling since i discovered LF.....

[Darren H]

Best photography steal was a Soligor spot meter for $5 at a garage sale. Got ten years of good use out of it.