Vintage Czechoslovakia
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 VINTAGE CZECHOSLOVAKIA FINE ENAMEL BROOCH  US $69.00
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 VINTAGE CZECHOSLOVAKIA RUBY RHINESTONE BROOCH 1960s US $68.00
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 Butterfly Brooch Pin Vintage Rhinestones Czechoslovakia US $67.99
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 Vintage Beautiful Made in Czechoslovakia Butterfly Brooch US $45.00
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 Vintage Czechoslovakia Brooch Blue Stones CAR 1943 US $45.00
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 VINTAGE FILIGREE SILVER GOLD CHUNKY RING CZECHOSLOVAKIA US $45.00
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 Vintage Antique Czechoslovakia Clear Black Glass Bead Necklace US $29.99
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The Historical Past Of Christmas Ornaments
In a.D. 336, an early Roman calendar initial mentions December 25 as the date of Jesus' birth. This date was likely influenced by the year-end pagan festivals to celebrate the harvest. Celebrations included specially prepared meals, decorating of homes, gift-giving and singing. Gradually, pagan traditions started to be a part of the Christian celebrations. Most Xmas traditions such as the Xmas woods and decorations came from christmas tree ornaments Europe. The earliest German Christmas trees have been decorated with food; apples, onions, pears, nuts, candies, and fruits were placed on a hardwood.
Inside 1800s, glass ornaments ended up initially produced inside the Lauscha, Germany. This cottage sector involved the whole household. Commonly, guys did the glassblowing, girls did the silvering plus the youngsters assisted to paint and finish them. These attractive new glass decorations began to substitute edible decorations.
In Victorian occasions, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, a German, introduced the custom from Germany to his new house in England. Soon all of England was in on it.
Inside the 1840s, Europeans immigrating to North America brought with them their wholesale christmas tree ornaments traditions. Prior to that time, Christmas was not broadly celebrated in North America. As society grew to become a lot more prosperous, decorations started to be larger in size and also the colors turn out to be far more vibrant to reflect the new wealth.
F.W. Woolworth was the initial North American retailer to sell glass ornaments. The story goes that he was not too confident about this new item line. However, Woolworth changed his thoughts by 1890 when he was selling $25 million value of ornaments in his five-and-dime stores.
Until eventually 1925, essentially all palm blown glass adorns ended up produced in Lauscha, Germany. By 1935, much more then 250 million Xmas ornaments were being imported to the United States. Right after WWII, the Lauscha location started to be a component of East Germany. Quite a few glassblowers fled to West Germany as well as the business declined. Around this time, Japan and Czechoslovakia started creating adorns for the North American marketplace
While in the 1960's, glass decorations went out of trend when the aluminum hardwood adorned with adorns of related form and coloration grew to become the rage. Several standard ornaments ended up being thrown away in the course of this period.
What to Appear for in Antique Ornaments
If you're lucky enough to even now have any vintage ornaments, hang on to them.
The best way to inform classic as opposed to new. Previously decorations had been more compact than today's fashionable ornaments. They have been generally done in soft colours with side painted particulars. You will observe that the paint may possibly be faded or distressed in places on classic adorns.
Palm blown vs . device produced. Eliminate the stem from the bottom in the ornament. christmas tree ornaments which might be palm blown could have an uneven foundation since the glass blower are not able to make a clean break. Fashionable device made adorns will possess a easy even bottom.
How much are these vintage cameras and accessories worth??????
1. Kodak Brownie (Black) 2/2A (1920'S)
2. Folding Kodak A120 (1920's/30's)
3. Popular Brownie 620 (1940's)
4. Kodak Pony 135 with filters (1950)
5. Kodak Instamatic 400 (1950's)
6. Olympus U (mju:) - 1 (1970's)
7 Olympus OM40 & Lenses (1980'S)
8. Rolleiflex SL35E & Lenses (1980)
9 Cine Camera - Admira 8 & Lenses (Meopta czechoslovakia) (1950's)
10. Kodak Mini-Instamatic S30 (1980's)
11. 2 Tripods (incl one CT21)
12. Johnsons Exactum 35mm Postcard Enlarger
13. Paterson Major 11 - self loading development tank
14. Minette (Editor Div) Super 8 & Double 8 splicer
15. Showa Kodem (Japan) CDS exposure meter (unittic model 80)
phew........anyway they are all in nice condition.......if you know any of the values or where i might find it then please let me know....ebay seems quite useless as a guide...already tried
Condition is everything
The star in your list is the Rolleiflex SL35E a good working one with no dink or dents will realise about the £100.00 mark with 50mm f1.8 lens actually made by Zeiss, but marked Rollei. I would advise listing the other lenses separately, as some of the rarer lenses have a value which can exceed the camera price. These lenses were often made (and marked) as Makinon.
The Kodak cameras have a following, particularly the folding (what Kodak called the 'pocket') A120 refers to the film size it should be marked Kodak No 1, series 11 or similar. Pinholes in the bellows are the kiss of death for these though some people buy them as a 'decorative' conversation piece. A mint in box would fetch about £40.00 to £50.00 as these are rare, but the price drops off dramatically for a run of the mill example (millions were made) to less than £5.00 or so.
Anything Kodak sells better in the USA.
The Olympus U1 has a good value as there is an increasing diving market for it, these are still used today and spares are still available. Guesstimate about £100.00 to £150.00 if working and the seals are good.
The range is listed here in PDF format;
http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/images/OLYMPUS_UW_FAQ_en.pdf
The OM40 is not the most sought after Olympus, prices are disappointing at around £10.00 or so. List the lens, throw the body in for free, you'll probably realise more as some lenses can be used on the digital SLR's.
Cine equipment, unless of really good quality, has little or no value these days. There are collectors, but it has to be exceptional to interest them.
Funnily enough Meopta has a website here;
http://www.meopta.cz/index.php?id=144&set_lang=en
Which lists them.
The Instamatics, except for some rare examples, is very definitely an 'orphan' format with little following - and no value.
The rest fall under the bracket of the postage is more than the value.
Condition really is everything, collectors want only perfect examples, except where a camera or lens is rare when they are happy just to have any example in their collection. You really have to be hyper critical - they will be.
Hope this helps.
Chris
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