Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Cameras/Film
Lot 404

ANTIQUE / VINTAGE GRAFLEX, INC. CROWN / CENTURY GRAPHIC CAMERAS, LOT OF TWO

Estimate: $150 - $250
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

ANTIQUE / VINTAGE GRAFLEX, INC. CROWN / CENTURY GRAPHIC CAMERAS, LOT OF TWO, grey/black bodies and some chrome hardware, Graflok backs accepting 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" film currently with hinged-flap focusing hood or 120 Roll film holder, Crown with serial number 713715 and Century serial number 518756, the former equipped with a Graflex Optar f:4.5 103mm lens plus a Kalart rangefinder, and the latter with a Schneider-Kreuznach Xenotar f:2.8 80mm lens and Kalart rangefinder, both in grey- and black-painted Vulcanoid cases with additional accessories including, between the two of them, one Graflex flash, reflector, tactical grip, sheet and roll film backs, etc. Cameras produced 1947-1973. 17 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 9 1/2" case (larger).

Condition

Very good visual condition with age-related wear to bodies and cases of both examples especially rust to case's exposed metal; cameras' mechanical parts each appear to operate relatively smoothly except some adjustment mechanisms of Crown's bed seem sticky or rusted up; bellows both seems to operate well, cameras have not been tested for functionality (see Catalogue Guarantee).