Advice sought on selling antique

[Pedro Novak Domicelj <pnovak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

                                       Thursday

 Hi, this is a request for advice.

 I recently had the luck to obtain an antique stereo camera,
 a beauty if I may say so - and if I'm not mistaken.

 It is a Gaumont 4x4 cm 12-glass plate "Grand Prix 1900"
 with twin Tessars (made by E Krauss in Paris!), with a
 pneumatic shutter, ground-glass viewer back (interchangeable
 with the glass-plate changer), in pretty pretty good working
 condition and well conserved (though the leather case needs 
 some conditioner). Forget the 50's cameras as far as construction
 and detail are concerned: this is a ton of well designed solid
 shiny stainless steel, with goodies like a levelling viewfinder, 
 sliding (rising and falling) front, etc.

 For a while I thought I might use it, but I don't think this is
 workable. Too difficult to cut sheet film to fit the holders;
 to find development in case of color film; the lenses are, after 
 all, not computer-designed, etc. I think I'd be better off with a 
 50's camera, a full tummy from spending some of the proceeds, and 
 I expect a still somewhat thickish wallet after buying both camera 
 and -what else?- one of Dr. T's viewers of course, plus sundry 
 accesories.

 How does one sell such a machine safely, (not in much of a hurry),
 and at a just price for all involved? (The camera is now in the US,
 shippable UPS whenever one of my relatives visits FL), and I can 
 mail pictures which can give a pretty good idea of its condition.

 A friend suggested an auction house (Philby's specifically), as
 there the interested dealers would slug it out among themselves 
 to my benefit :-) . I *think* the machine should be in the kilobuck
 range, judging from prices I've seen on other stuff, but my
 problem is I have no idea exactly where on the scale, and I don't    (obviously) want to be taken for a ride on this (is that the 
 expression??).

 I'd much appreciate any ideas on how to proceed, either on the
 list (perhaps others are interested in such selling) or via
 e-mail at my <pnovak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> address.

 Thanks in advance,

                     pno


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