Camera Case

[airfrogusmc]

Does anyone know how old this camera case is? My wife found it 5 years ago or so in an antique store in Wisconsin and bought it for me. I put some foam (like the stuff in a Haliburton case) in and cut spaces for two Canon F-1 cameras with lenses. I get allot of comments about it when on assignments. I just don't know how old it is or anything else about it.

 

[missjo]

Does anyone know how old this camera case is? My wife found it 5 years ago or so in an antique store in Wisconsin and bought it for me. I put some foam (like the stuff in a Haliburton case) in and cut spaces for two Canon F-1 cameras with lenses. I get allot of comments about it when on assignments. I just don't know how old it is or anything else about it.

Difficult to say, but to me it simply feels modern.
I could be completely wrong but I think its not pre-ww2.

 

[airfrogusmc]

missjoeri, thanks. I was kinda think'n 50s. The leather and construction for some reason made me think that.

 

[sandysot]

It looks quite like an American made Ghurka Leather Company khaki twill bag with leather trim.Do the brass buttons have any writing on them? There should be a leather medallion with the "MH" (Marley Hodgson) impressed in the leather and sewn onto the twill. Ghurka started in the 1970's with a style reminiscent of World War II British Army issue.if its not Ghurka it may be a British Army or similiar issue from a later period because of the modern lock.

Sandy

 

[Biltmore Bob]

Two hundred and eighty years old to be sure. In its present condition I would say it is valued at around one million dollars. I am a part time apraiser for the Antique Road Show.