Looks like the deals we'd find at auctions 20 yrs ago.
5x7 back, I think - doesn't seem to show an 8x10.
A couple groovy lenses
A sound camera ( the bellows could be a lot worse, and really aren't an issue ! )
Looks to be a just-before-battleship grey model
The only tricky bit is the condition of the coil spring on the stand: obviously it hasn't broken because the whole shootin' match is still at the top of the stand ! But the steel is sort of brittle, and you my beware of that being the achilles heel of 70 yr old stand. Also, the pawl that locks into the rack tends to wear smooth.
But they are getting scarce ( are scarce ) and they are undeniably sweet to shoot with.
Anybody recall Ansel's 8x10 enlarger ???
Figure on driving over to the seller's in your pick-em-up truck !
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