ANTIQUE FOLMER & SCHWING CENTURY VIEW NO. 10A LARGE FORMAT 8X10 STUDIO / PROCESS CAMERA WITH LENS
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ANTIQUE FOLMER & SCHWING CENTURY VIEW NO. 10A LARGE FORMAT 8X10 STUDIO / PROCESS CAMERA WITH LENS, extremely large mahogany body/hardware and brass rails/components with wooden adjustment knobs, green and black leather/fabric bellows, front metal nameplate reading "No. 10A / CENTURY STUDIO CAMERA / MADE IN U.S.A. BY / FOLMER GRAFLEX CORPORATION / 14789 ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A." and another at rear reading "SLIDING CARRIAGE / FOR No. 10A CAMERA", with serial number 155339 stamped to part of track; retaining stacking backs/adapters for film sizes 8" X 10", 5" X 7", and 4" X 5", and remarkably retaining a Wollensak Varium f:4 Focus 19" lens in Wollensak No. 5 Studio shutter barrel-mounted in wooden lensboard. Circa 1925. 25" x 20" x 13", 5 1/4" D lens front.Shipping Note: The fragile nature and/or size of this lot may require special shipping. See our Terms and Conditions for overall shipping guidelines and procedures.Condition Good to very good condition overall, with heavy wear to several wooden components especially to backs and carriage, and various old tape repairs or reinforcements to these areas; bellows is supple and moves freely but has multiple tape repairs and is likely a replacement; rubber shutter bulb mechanism has dried and cracked off; lens seems to be in excellent condition with no visible interior cloudiness or fungus,
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