$20 camera flea market find

Marty-Graw

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here's a little jewel I picked up at the flea market today........Thought I was buying a junk camera just for the lenses BUT ended up with a Canon VI-T with black body, ..........got all the lens covers and leather cases for everything.......this particular model was produced between "58 and '60, only 8175 of these were made and only a handfull of those were the solid black case...... just the body alone books for $3400 - 3600 in this condition....mint woulda been $6000 plus.... would have been cosidered mint condition if the guy hadn't engraved his name in the back......but of course I have no expectations of getting that much lol
 

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GibH

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Nice find there. Heck, even if you got half book on it....SCOOOORREEEE!
 

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Sold them all.
Nice find for sure! Any links for finding "Camera Values"??
My dad has one he bought while on an Army tour in Vietnam.
Thanks
 

creeper71

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Marty-Graw said:
here's a little jewel I picked up at the flea market today........Thought I was buying a junk camera just for the lenses BUT ended up with a Canon VI-T with black body, ..........got all the lens covers and leather cases for everything.......this particular model was produced between "58 and '60, only 8175 of these were made and only a handfull of those were the solid black case...... just the body alone books for $3400 - 3600 in this condition....mint woulda been $6000 plus.... would have been cosidered mint condition if the guy hadn't engraved his name in the back......but of course I have no expectations of getting that much lol
Did you test it ? did you get good pics from it? can't be considered mint unless you can show that it works an takes good pics... If not then it's not considered mint...

http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/misc/grading.htm
 

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Marty-Graw

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yes the camera does work.... but the name inscribed in the back is the main thing that is wrong with it...... i know it isn't mint but without the name it would have been dang close
 

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