North East England camera shops for camera valuations
He's a nice, straightforward guy.
Hope it helps
LennyBloke
Seems reasonable since it is on my way home. Thanks Lenny. Have you had dealings with him?
The only thing is it would be a reasonable trip back to pick them up if I had to leave anything.
Yes, I've bought from him a few times - never sold to him, but give him a call and discuss what you have I think you'll find him very helpful.
All the best

LennyBloke
For the more unusual, try West Yorkshire cameras in Leeds. They sell pretty much anything and Howard there is always pleasant to deal with.
If it's not inappropriate to say it, I'm sure there would be some bits in there you could sell on here. I'd certainly be interested to hear about any of the older bits and pieces.
As a general bit of advice you might find it easier to simply ask people in the trade what they would give you for it. If you ask people for a formal valuation you may scare them off. As somebody else had said, provided you can show you've made an effort to value it that should be sufficient without any need for a formal 'valuation'.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
http://www.classicphotographics.co.uk/
For the more modern stuff, I have indeed used ebay for an idea of the value. For the rarer cameras, I went to London while I was down there to get a specialist opinion and now have a figure for those. And it appears that some of the older film equipment does not have any value as it has deteriorated to an extent that it would be uneconomical to repair which is a shame. But some of the lenses will probably go on ebay at some point.
I will just say though, Danofmk, none of it is Pentax so not of interest to users here. Sorry.
I will speak to Classicphotographics at some point too as he sounds like a useful contact.
Thanks again.
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An anyone suggest somewhere close to newcastle upon Tyne? I have rung London camera exchange in Gosforth and they do not do valuations.
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