 Looking for Exaktas at Classic Collection 2 Pied Bull Yard, Bury Place, London WC1A 2JR, UK Telephone: +44-171-8316000, Fax: +44-171-8315424
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    Classic Collection. I enter, I look around, David Woodford is talking with a client, I look at the Exakta glass showcases. I look at the prices then I look at David. David looks at me, he smiles and he says something nice. We talk about me, about him, about some new items I bought, he never asks if I wish to buy something, we have good moments. He goes back to his computer job, I look at other items (there is a post-war 66) I say something, he replies and we spend some minutes. I buy an Exakta Varex IIa, version 3. I take some pictures, Mahendra Modi enters, I talk with him, I take a picture with an Exakta with the rare Stereflex in his hands... Everything goes like in an ancient English shop. It is nice to find such a situation. I think that here a camera has a good price even with some pounds more than everywhere, like in Cipiere's Paris shop. Back to London Shops Christie's South Kensington Auction Results Back to the Homepage The Tourtuos Path Towards a Camera Collection Exa, from 1950 to Exa 500 The Dresden Museum's Rare Cameras Click here to reach Classic Collection  Text and photos by Maurizio Frizziero, Sep 1996 |