Hi,
I've just found this forum - what an excellent resource and hang-out!
So my story...
When I was a kid, growing up in the 70’s, I spent may hours with my Grandad gazing through his fantastic binoculars. Whilst he had several pairs, the ones that stick in my memory (probably because they seemed so huge and heavy to a 10 year old, but also because they enabled me to see the furthest and had, from what I recall, a magnificent clear, sharp and bright image), were the German made Beck Kassells. Found memories.
Well, the decades have passed and only now (with more time on my hands), am I feeling the need to obtain a really decent pair of binoculars. I would like to find a pair just like the ones I used when I was a kid.
Having done some research, I’m sure they were the Beck Kassel Tordalk 22x80 model.
During the course of the last 18 months I’ve seen a few pairs for sale, but for one reason or other I’ve missed the boat on those sales (or they were in poor condition).
However, I’ve now seen a pair up on eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-Binoc...336114?hash=item2cc701aa32:g:yZ0AAOSwNmxZroc2), and I wanted some advice from those who are undoubtedly more knowledgable than me on the subject of vintage binoculars.
My questions are (having seen prices ranging from approx £350 2nd hand/private seller to £1250 refurbished/trade seller), what is a reasonable price to pay? I am happy to pay good money for a good condition pair, but I also don’t want to get ripped off.
Is there somewhere that lists values of these vintage optics?
Does anyone here have experience of the older binoculars and values, etc? From what I’ve read, these Beck Kassells are well regarded and hard to come by.
The pair that I’ve seen have a Buy it Now price of £499, which sounds good to me and they look to be in overall v.good condition.
Any thoughts or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Don
I've just found this forum - what an excellent resource and hang-out!
So my story...
When I was a kid, growing up in the 70’s, I spent may hours with my Grandad gazing through his fantastic binoculars. Whilst he had several pairs, the ones that stick in my memory (probably because they seemed so huge and heavy to a 10 year old, but also because they enabled me to see the furthest and had, from what I recall, a magnificent clear, sharp and bright image), were the German made Beck Kassells. Found memories.
Well, the decades have passed and only now (with more time on my hands), am I feeling the need to obtain a really decent pair of binoculars. I would like to find a pair just like the ones I used when I was a kid.
Having done some research, I’m sure they were the Beck Kassel Tordalk 22x80 model.
During the course of the last 18 months I’ve seen a few pairs for sale, but for one reason or other I’ve missed the boat on those sales (or they were in poor condition).
However, I’ve now seen a pair up on eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-Binoc...336114?hash=item2cc701aa32:g:yZ0AAOSwNmxZroc2), and I wanted some advice from those who are undoubtedly more knowledgable than me on the subject of vintage binoculars.
My questions are (having seen prices ranging from approx £350 2nd hand/private seller to £1250 refurbished/trade seller), what is a reasonable price to pay? I am happy to pay good money for a good condition pair, but I also don’t want to get ripped off.
Is there somewhere that lists values of these vintage optics?
Does anyone here have experience of the older binoculars and values, etc? From what I’ve read, these Beck Kassells are well regarded and hard to come by.
The pair that I’ve seen have a Buy it Now price of £499, which sounds good to me and they look to be in overall v.good condition.
Any thoughts or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Don