Alfred Stieglitz' 8x10 2-D is in the collection of the George Eastman Museum. You could ask Todd Gustavson, the technology curator there, for its serial number, just for fun.
Richard T Ritter
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Right now there is a guy on The-Bay who is asking $2,900 for a 2D. Sure, it has all the extra parts and is in great cosmetic condition but . . . .
Drew Bedo
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There are only three types of mounting flanges; too big, too small and wrong thread!
Unless the nameplate on this camera is not original, that's probably a good indication of it's true age.
Folmer Graflex Corp. was not organized until after 1926, so they could not have been listed as the manufacturer prior to that. Eastman introduced the 2D in 1921, so this is by no means an early model.
My 2D is from 1947, and by that time Graflex, Inc. is listed as the manufacturer.
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