School Class Picture Roll Film Camera. Circa Mid Century. Display as Sculpture. Reduce: Was: $2999.00 Now: 799.00

Description

Offered for your consideration is this Mid-Century vintage Coleman 'school class portrait photo camera' used back in the day for … more Offered for your consideration is this Mid-Century vintage Coleman 'school class portrait photo camera' used back in the day for taking school class pictures on film. Lots of patina on this piece, which makes it look even more ancient.

The display black professional tripod is shown for display ONLY and NOT included in this price. But, it or other display tripods are available at a low extra cost. Ask us for your options.

A great vintage display look for home, office, library or man cave. Wonderful Mid-Century original factory mild green coloring and lots of generous original patina.

This mid 20th century school class camera was owned by Spieth Photographers, an Olney, IL family business, that dates back to 1915. They seem to still be in business today doing the same kind if photography.

The very rare and never found, original camera slate that was used with this camera is included and it shows the last job shot on this camera to be the Jack and Jill School in Illinois. The vintage camera slate artifact is worth the price alone. This is not a working camera and has not been performance tested. Sold as a display. We have not seen another package like this one. Several original accessories included.

About CinemaAntiques:

CinemaAntiques has dedicated workshops, warehouses and galleries in Dallas Texas USA where we prepare, display and sell our rare Motion Picture equipment Antiques.
Our Cinema Antiques are perfect for display in residential, industrial and museum settings. Collectors and museums worldwide are some of our clients. Our Antiques also offer a unique sculpture look that is one of a kind and awe inspiring.
We offer one of the most complete and accurately curated selections of authentic Cinema Antiques, for sale, in the world. Many of our items were used in actual Hollywood Feature Motion Pictures, and we can only imagine the Movie Stars and entertainment Giants that paraded in front of these lights and cameras. As decorative “sculpture” or authentic Hollywood Cinema and Entertainment Memorabilia, our Cinema Antiques offer both a collectible and historical piece of the Hollywood Movie Industry, while at the same time presenting as an artistic and industrial piece of sculpture for your home, business or collection.
We offer a signed and sealed Certificate of Authenticity with all Vintage items sold.
We have been active collectors and curators of vintage Motion Picture Equipment for over 49 years. During this time we have amassed a superb and rare ongoing collection of Vintage: movie cameras, Hollywood studio lights, film studio audio / microphones and other highly collectible artifacts of the Hollywood Film Production Industry.
We have been selling collectible Cinema Antiques since 1969 and are experts in the field. We have done certified cinema movie equipment appraisals for Banks, have served as Expert Witnesses in the legal system and have given our expert guidance to various museums.
We specialize in CERTIFIED Cinema Antiques and Artifacts Circa 1900 to 1969 and beyond, representing the Art Nouveau, Machine Age, Art Deco, Industrial Age and Mid Century Periods.
All of our Antiques are guaranteed to be as described and photographed.
Due to the special nature of rare and artifact Antiques, we can make no claim for the suitability of any Cinema Vintage or item, for your intended purposes and use and we remind our clients that all Antiques are subject to prior sale.
NOTE:
Due to the nature of online photo reproduction we cannot be responsible for exact photographic color, hue, contrast and flash and non flash exposure accuracy in our photos. While we do our best to display photos that are as accurate as possible, our photos may or may not depict the absolute EXACT hue or color tone of our Antiques due to the many variables in image photography, image exporting, image uploading and viewer monitor accuracy. Please ask about color tone and hue BEFORE buying, if this is a concern!
NOTE:
In the interest of Vintage presentation and historical accuracy, we do not alter or modify our electrical, optical, mechanical or electronic Antiques, with the exception of some vintage light fixtures (which we DO correctly convert internally to modern electrical working household standards). Therefore some electrical and mechanical items MAY or may not perform and operate. We sell these as accurate display and collectible Vintage items. We suggest that these artifacts be used for display and not be operated. Please ask for more details on operability of our electrical and mechanical Antiques if operability is a concern.
We are ALWAYS here to help and offer many options for the proper presentation of your Cinema Antiques. Chairish sells electronic items only with the display as the intended use. The electronic elements are not guaranteed to be in working order by Chairish. less