i'd really like to put up a few small shelves in my condo and place vintage cameras on them. where's the best place to find vintage cameras for cheap? ebay? they don't need to work, but hey, if they do maybe i'll get some film and play with them a bit. what kind of prices should i expect to pay?
looking for ones like these or any other interesting looking old school cameras:
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<img src="http://i16.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/89/84/7232_1_b.JPG">
<img src="http://i24.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/89/b7/adc2_1.JPG">

thanks!

I used to go to antique flea markets with my mom way back in the day...she is an antique dealer...and you can always find old cameras there.

pretty cheap typically?

Tons of old, dusty crap there.

I suggest an old folding camera or maybe an old Speed Graphic.

and talk with some of the old-timers

Here's a list of camera shows.<ul><li><a href="http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/shows.htm">http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/shows.htm</a</li></ul>

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beautiful. look at that brass showing from the wear.

I have a 20+ year old FG-20 sitting at my mom's house. Would consider parting with the body.

My dad also had an old Kodak (Brownie perhaps), not sure if that's still at the house.

rangefinder cameras from the 40's/50's, the accordian type cameras, i don't have specific models in mind or anything. i'd just like ones that look good on display.

i missed one in chicago, but there's another coming up in March. i'll mark it on my calendar.

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you can't help but admire the craftsmanship in them. another: 1972 canon canonet rangefinder. that design looks ahead of its time.

figure on one wall i have a bunch of pictures so on another wall why not have what takes the pictures.

are those all yours?

I think i'd love to own samples of those. I'd display them and let people fondle them... nikon F, canon canonet, yaschica twin lens reflex, olympus OM-1, minolta... they're all so cheap now. ebay would have lots I'm sure. here's an odd site I found with lots of background on certain old cameras. interesting reading I found

nikon F history...
http://www.cameraquest.com/fhistory.htm

plus, go to "camera articles" at top menu for much more

That was my 2nd camera. My first was this POS.

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full link

http://www.theothermartintaylor.com/moveabletype/archives/cameras/000091.html

another

http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?CanonCanonetGIIIQL17.html~mainFrame

The name 'Canon' comes from the Buddhist deity Kwanon and early Canon cameras were actually spelled 'Kwanon' and the lenses were named 'Kyasapa' after another deity.

I'm pretty sure my parents gave me mine in '78 or so. I should have kept it.<ul><li><a href="http://www.cameraquest.com/canql17.htm">http://www.cameraquest.com/canql17.htm</a</li></ul>

They used to buy lenses from Nikon.<ul><li><a href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/index.htm">http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/index.htm</a</li></ul>

what's it look like? how much? thanks!