One ES yesterday and local as well. A small house that turned out to be the photography honey hole of the century and surprisingly the ES company was giving great deals.
Pic one is from the garage where I headed first. Initially I had only picked up a couple items then I overheard others checking out and realized the hand tools were going cheap so I dug deeper. Everything in this group for $5. Hammers, and other hand tools were 50 cents each and the worker actually apologized for having to charge me more for the plane. Bummer that I had to pay a whole $1.50 for that item but I gladly accepted his regrets and paid.
Next inside the house main floor and the first two rooms full of camera equipment. At prices of $1 or $2 (later cut in half) I had to grab a few vintage pieces. Light meters, small mechanical shutter timers, tripods, etc.
Next down narrow stairs to a true "Michigan" basement that was like a little cave where the PO had shelf after shelf of vintage cameras and equipment. Digging through one box I found some really interesting universal mounting devices that could still be used today. Interesting designs from days gone by to allow mounting to almost any surface. One even has a fold out wood screw mount. I also found a cool polarizing lens device with large and small ends. You manually rotate this in front of your lens to get different amounts of polarization effect.
Also a few hand tools from the basement including a 6" Crescent, an Investor socket set with hex driver, a Hinsdale 1/4" socket set with box. A couple interesting pliers, an old Ford DOE, small dig cutters and a small clamp in hindsight I should have left behind.
Lastly in the basement there were two of these tool boxes exactly the same pattern that appear to be home made but pretty well done. They were marked $15 each which is more than I usually would pay but I liked the unique design. Turned out at checkout this was marked to half price as well. Everything from inside the house and basement was $26.50
One last stop on the way home at the local Salvation Army Store and found a new hat for 49 cents.
even if I don't know what it really is.
