Early glass plate pinhole camera

[connealy]

I found this item today on ebay.  Will be interesting to see what collectors think it is worth.
  http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-unusual-Pinhole-Camera-circa-1890_W0QQitemZ7540536692QQcategoryZ4701QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[sandeha]

Is there really a place called Beatuiful in Wisconsin?

[nelsonfoto]

Mapquest says "No!", there is no Beautiful, WI. Wisconsin is, however, quite lovely. Maybe you might be interested in Beautiful Lake, a real lake, in Wisconsin.

[sandeha]

Yeah, but did you check "Beatuiful" on MapQuest?  :lol:

[Glenn Thoreson]

Ah, but it was made by Perry Mason Co. Probably has Burrs on the pinhole.

[sandeha]

bAAAd joke, Glenn.

[jake]

Yeah, I saw that auction.  I think that would be an interesting camera to play with for sure.

There are also two other vintage pinhole items that I thought were interesting. They look like they may have been made by the same person or company as both use a nifty "spoon" shutter arrangement.

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-Home-Made-Pinhole-Camera-Lens-Board-for-Seneca-4x5_W0QQitemZ7539377327QQcategoryZ11717QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Wood-Home-Made-Pinhole-Box-Camera-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ7539377387QQcategoryZ11716QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

J Ake :twisted:

[connealy]

I may be misremembering, but it seems like ebay has changed the rules recently on displaying the results of an auction.  It seems to me that if marked an item to watch its progress, at the end I would be able to see what the thing sold for.  Now, it seems, when the auction is over the item disappears and I don't know what the final sale price was.  The only way to be notified of the final sale price is to place a bid.  Am I wrong?

[mdcarma]

My watched items drop down to the bottom of the list when sold, but shows the sale price if I had bid or not, until I delete them.

[connealy]

Thanks for the respone.  I clicked on a menu item called "Watched Items' and indeed was able to view the results of ended auctions.  I buy stuff pretty infrequently, but part of the interest for me is seeing what some of the old cameras are going for.