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Rob.B
Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Derbyshire (UK)
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: Grafmatic in original box £12/7/6d |
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Just aquired a Grafematic back by Wray, light usage with manual and the price is still on the original box; £12/7/6d reduced from £12/11/6d that's £12.37 1/2 reduced from £12.57 1/2 in todays currency. That was expensive back then.
To have the price in pre-decimalsation notation means it must have been sold prior to Feb 15th 1971 in the UK.
It seems a shame to use it, perhaps I'll look for another, and put this away for another decade or two.
Rob.B
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Les
Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 2682 Location: Detroit, MI
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure Wray ended their contract with Graflex in the late 60s _________________ "In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison |
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troublemaker
Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 715 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 1:39 am Post subject: |
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I have an early Grafmatic and a couple of the later version. I prefer the older well broken in model, and that's the only one I seem to use as it works excellent and slides more easily than the slightly used stiff later one's. Never had a problem with the older one, evenin a changing bag, but the later one's, and I've had my hands on quite a few, seem to be harder to opperate and more prone to septum damage. Just my experience. |
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Rob.B
Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Derbyshire (UK)
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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This one seems to work very smoothly. What suprised me was how (releatively) expensive they were to buy at the time. |
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Les
Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 2682 Location: Detroit, MI
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Here's some prices from my '72 catalog (all for 4x5)
riteway film holder 5.50
Film pack adapter 18.10
Grafmatic 38.85
RH-10 76.70
RH-50 170.45
Looking up some conversion history, the USD was trading for about .39-.40 GBP so a $38.85 Grafmatic would convert to £15. Prices may have been slightly cheaper in the late '60s. In the late '50s the Grafmatic was $28.00 and the Riteway was $4.95 _________________ "In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison |
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troublemaker
Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 715 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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1953 Price List shows them at:
only $21.95 |
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