PSA: Found a stash of old shutter curtains at a estate sale in Portland

I went to this house clearance last weekend in the southeast part of Portland and dug through a pile of junk in the basement. There were like 15 sealed packs of silk shutter curtains for Mamiya and Graflex cameras from the 1950s. Has anyone else had luck finding NOS parts at estate sales or is it just me getting lucky?

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simon_black23d ago

I mean, I'm pretty sure those aren't shutter curtains, those are usually for the bellows or the light seals. Shutter curtains were cloth strips inside the camera itself.

the_jason23d ago

Wait, are we gatekeeping old camera junk now? lol. I mean it's totally possible I got the wrong part name, but they were definitely shutter related and looked like curtains to me. Honestly, if you're finding sealed packs of anything from the 50s that's a win in my book. Who cares if they're for bellows or light seals or whatever? They're probably worth something to someone anyway. I'd be stoked just to have random NOS stuff to trade with the weirdos at camera shows.