Anybody ever come across one of these things?

I saw something curbside yesterday that looked interesting, and I grabbed it. No clue what it was until I had a chance to google it this morning. Turns out its a piece of photography dark room equipment, specifically a Photo enlarger. Specifically a Simmon Omega B-8, produced until 1974 ish.

All I saw was some Aluminum and wire at a minimum. Looked it up on good 'ol ebay and people are asking upwards of $200 for these things, but no bids on any of the listings. There is a sticker on the one I have with $20, I guess the owner tried to sell at a yard sale and was unable to.


Any advice on where to sell or should I just break it down and add to my respective buckets? I'm fine with tearing it apart, unless somebody knows of a way to get significantly more than scrap for it...



Brian

Photo attached is not the actual one I have, but the same type.

Try Craigslist, or look for a photography forum

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

We have gotten a number of these. Sold one for a hundred bucks, the others I couldn't give away. I think the 100 was a fluke. I scrapped the others.

My guess it's like anything else, you've just got to find the market for it(if a feasable one exists)

If your listed location is correct, i would think you would have a lot of starving artist around that might be playing w/ film. Post it on craigslist. The main concern is going to be condition and how expensive replacement lens/mounts/etc parts are.

You could contact a photography/printing school/class and see if the professor wants to let his students know. 20$ is better than scrap. If you do scrap it save the lens for magnifying glasses.