Fink-Roselieve Reporter

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Fink-Roselieve Reporter

Postby KodakCollector » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:22 pm

Hello,
I recently purchased an FR Reporter made by Fink-Roselieve in the early ‘40s. I’m finding very limited information on it. If anyone knows anything about these things or it’s approximate value, it would be appreciated.
Thanks

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Re: Fink-Roselieve Reporter

Postby mauro.corneo » Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:58 am

Hello, take a look at this link: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Fink-Roselieve
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Re: Fink-Roselieve Reporter

Postby box86rowh » Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:12 pm

Here is one that sold on ebay in 2013

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... -461366470

You need a subscription to see the price so it sold for $125

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Re: Fink-Roselieve Reporter

Postby KodakCollector » Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:18 pm

Thanks for the replies. I have already seen the camerapedia link though (after I spent quite a while trying to find in my McKeown’s book with no luck). I bought a Busch Pressman Model C with very few scratches, no lens haze/fungus, etc, but the rangefinder arm is sticking out horizontally. I guess I’ll have to make another thread on how to fix that. Anyway, I payed $140 for both and am now wondering if I did well or payed too much. The FR bellies aren’t real leather. They are made of the material I describe as rubberized canvas also used on Kodaks. There are several pinholes in the corners.

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Re: Fink-Roselieve Reporter

Postby Madd10 » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:53 am

The Busch Pressman Model C seems to sell in the 75-150 US$ range on Ebay so I don't think this was a bad deal. With uncommon cameras it is always more tricky to come up with a realistic price estimate. I found an FR Reporter on Ebay Spain that was not sold at 300$ (https://www.ebay.es/itm/1942-FINK-ROSELIEVE-FR-REPORTER-2-1-4x3-1-4-FOLDING-PRESS-CAMERA-VGC-/121397887249). So the 125 $ mentioned by box86rowh seems also a realistic price. If you are patient you could probably sell the camera on Ebay for a price in the 100-150$ range.
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