Observed arrival · 2026-09-20
The Lens Room’s Cabinet of Obsolete Wonders
A collector’s marketplace for historic cameras, optical equipment, hi-fi, instruments, records, film memorabilia, and other objects with stories attached.
- For
- Collectors of cameras, hi-fi, instruments, records, and screen memorabilia
- Worth noticing
- The cameras section lists 552 items, including an 1889 Krügener Symplex and a €17,000 40x150 Kowa binocular set.
Field notes
The homepage presents the inventory as a set of themed “bays,” with counts for several sections rather than a single undifferentiated store grid. Its range runs from early optical and photographic equipment to modern and vintage guitars, reel-to-reel decks, shellac records, and film memorabilia. Prices span ordinary collector purchases and high-ticket objects, including a €17,000 Kowa binocular set and a €26,000 signed guitar.
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