Originally posted by ElStellino Where are these shops? I always find people who want megabucks for any garbage camera!
Truly beautiful, congrats, and welcome!
I keep hoping I'll find these kind of deals, but my local thrift shops are in the "Garbage for lots of money" category, and the antique shops aren't much better.
My Goodwill store had a broken Fujica and a broken Canonet in their camera bin for around $35 each.
My other local thrift that regularly has cameras isn't so proud, but their selection is typically pretty bad, though I did get a Promaster K-mount SLR for $14.00 there.
The antique store down the road had a Brownie Hawkeye Flash in "Fair" condition for $35. Oddly, they wanted the exact same amount for a pristine Polaroid Automatic Land Camera 100 with flashgun.
They also had a broken Yashica Lynx 14. If it hadn't been $85, I may have brought it home then sent it to Russ at Camerarefurb.com for a CLA.
Great find on the Spottie! I want one of those non-rubberized S-M-C Takumars!