Had to clear out the west turret and came across this old beauty, plus some glass plates. It's a Thornton Pickard and I'll wager it's worth at least a billion guineas, seventeen shillings and sixpence three farthings. Flash, bang wallop!
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minxy wrote:Cracker...but does it take pictures?
MacotheIsles wrote:What I have inherited though is a huge collection of ancient, celluloid, large format negatives going back to the 30s and 40s. Unfortunately they're mostly taken in London and are consequently of no interest to man or beast.
Josef wrote:
Here, I know a bloke who might be interested in seeing those...
Lucky Poet wrote:It's an absolute beauty, that. I wonder if the bellows is still lightproof (if that would be the word)? Gawd knows how you'd go about taking photos with it - I don't see too many packs of pre-prepared glass plates in Boots these days.
Your grandfather's parents should have had a stern talking to for throwing out all the old negatives
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