On Friday I found someone local to me selling a Bowens Illumitran 3 slide copier (I plan on modifying it a bit to try using it with a DSLR for "camera scanning" negatives). While I was there, I asked if he had any other photography/darkroom related equipment for sale. He said:

"Well, my neighbor was a photographer who sold his work at shows/conventions all over the country and, when he passed, his wife gave me a lot of his supplies. I've sold most of it, but I still have tons of frames, museum/conservation frame glass, and a few other things if you'd like to take a look."

He gave me a price I couldn't say no to and said I could take "as much as I could fit in my car". I walked away with:

- ~50 unused, hand-made, hand-stained wood frames of various sizes
- An incredible amount of glass (I can't even guess how much)
- A very nice mat board cutter,
- ~20 boxes of new frame hardware
- A new, unused roll of backing paper.

It looked like I burglarized a frame shop.

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