Canham 8x20 Camera...

[Capocheny]

Greetings,

Anyone interested in an 8x20 Canham camera?

Here's one on the bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/K-B-Canham-8x20-...QQcmdZViewItem

BTW, I have nothing to do with the seller of this camera... I'm posting this just fyi.

Looks like a nice camera!

Cheers

[Sheldon N]

Did you see what else he is selling?

[alec4444]

Wow, what is this guy thinking? I'd dump the Hassy stuff and buy some film... Really, though, this week is a large format "bonanza"... did you catch the Wisner listing?

--A

[Capocheny]

Wow, what is this guy thinking? I'd dump the Hassy stuff and buy some film... Really, though, this week is a large format "bonanza"... did you catch the Wisner listing?

--A

Alec,

Are you talking about that 10x20?

All these little guys coming out of the woodwork!

Time to start interviewing Sherpas!


Sheldon,

Mostly Hasselblad gear, The Canham, and R.H. Phillips...

Nice list of goodies!

Cheers

[Terence McDonagh]

Estate sale. Someone's death is your (possible) gain. Damn, they are beautiful cameras.

[Sheldon N]

Yes, that is quite an estate. It makes me wonder if the original owner ever posted here...

It appears the seller is still adding listings today - some of the goodies include the two 11x14 Phillips Cameras, the 8x10 Phillips, a 30cm Heliar, a 19 inch Dagor, 16x20 Protar Series IV, a 480mm APO Artar, as well as 185mm and 210mm Protars in Copal 1 (looks like something Grimes did).

I guess it just goes to show that you can't take it with you. I hope he made beautiful photographs that someone is enjoying.

[alec4444]

A 14x17 Wisner just came up. This is insane. As a sidenote, who the hell shoots 14x17? Bit of an odd format I'd think.

The "10x20" Wisner looks a lot more like an 8x20 Wisner.

What I am just DYING to know is what the guy (who through self-proclamation doesn't know anything about view cameras) paid for the Canham & Phillips cameras. I bet nobody else at the estate auction knew anything about them either....

--A

[Oren Grad]

As a sidenote, who the hell shoots 14x17?

Kerik Kouklis, among others.

What I am just DYING to know is what the guy (who through self-proclamation doesn't know anything about view cameras) paid for the Canham & Phillips cameras.

The language in the Phillips 11x14 listing is also consistent with the eBay listing itself being the estate sale. The seller could be an agent for the estate, working on commission.

[Brian Ellis]

I have a very vague recollection that some famous collector was in Brookline, where this seller is located. I seem to recall reading an article a couple years ago about a sale of the collector's collection for many millions of dollars while he was still alive. Maybe he died and this is the leftovers. Or maybe it's all just my imagination and/or deteriorating memory.

[Oren Grad]

I have a very vague recollection that some famous collector was in Brookline, where this seller is located. I seem to recall reading an article a couple years ago about a sale of the collector's collection for many millions of dollars while he was still alive. Maybe he died and this is the leftovers. Or maybe it's all just my imagination and/or deteriorating memory.

You're probably thinking of Thurman (Jack) Naylor. But these aren't the sort of camera that he collected.