Nikon SLR, C7700 Pro and more

[stu.artd]

We've been clearing out my wife's parent loft and have found a few 'old' photography items. We know that her dad used to develop his own photos so weren't too surprised to find stuff. I have a canon eos 30e myself still safely stored away but have no idea of the value of any of this kit, or if indeed it has much value at all. Any advice is greatly appreciated. The kit is listed below, we don't know if any of it works other than the camera and lenses that I fired a couple of tests with (no film in camera)..

Nikon F-401s - We've found the receipt/warranty card, think it's stamped 1989.
Sigma 28-70 f3.5-4.5 zoom AF lens. It takes a 52mm filter.
Sigma 70-210 f4-5.6 zoom AF lens. Mentions multi-coated along with focal length and made in japan at front of the lens. Again, 52mm.
Sirius 330 CTX (Thyristor Computer) flashgun
Sirius AR14S flashgun

Silvertronic LPL Color Head Dichroic Transformer for 67. This is attached to something that mentions Silvertronic.
Color System Enlarger C7700 Pro.
Melico PM2 Colour Analyser. Photo multiplier solid state.
Translyte reson coated print dryer, 16"x12"
Small "tank" stamped Nova darkroom Equipment
Smiths process timer, either NS22G or IT22G
Royal electric Aires 800 Super 8. Lightchrom f 15 F1:2.8. Boxed but appears to be camera only.

 

[excalibur2]

Hello
Unfortunately no one wants an old film AF cameras like the Nikon F401...I've just bought one with 70-210mm zoom for £10 at a boot sale and I've seen the F65 going for £15. Also the Melico is not much use as not many people print colour in the darkroom any more.
Sorry for the bad news

 

[kenm]

What excalibur2 said - the LPL enlarger is probably a bit more desirable than my Jobo of the same era, but my Jobo has been wrapped up in a box for nearly 20 years and, while I am not about to chuck it away, I am unlikely to use it again. On the other hand, I might be prepared to spend a few quid (and I mean a few) on a colour analyser if I lose my marbles and decide to process/print C41 again.

With the LPL being colour and all, can you still get multigrade paper? If so, that might make the enlarger attractive to the odd B&W lunatic.

 

[stu.artd]

Thanking people for bad news. Strange days indeed!
I knew the old camera and lenses were unlikely to be worth much but had slightly higher hopes for some of the rest. The LPL, melico, print dryer are all boxed up.

Erm, I have no idea on multigrade paper. The last few 'prints' we can find were a mix of colour and B&W but there's not a stack of paper along with it.

Thanks for the replies. I'll pass the info on to my wife, she'll be more disappointed as I think she'd been more optimistic.

 

[kenm]

The multigrade thing is about if you have a B&W enlarger you can choose various grades of paper to give you more or less contrast. With multigrade paper and a colour enlarger you can faff about with the colour settings to the emulate grade of paper. So it saves you having lots of grades of paper. Purists will say you should use a condenser (ie no colour head) enlarger for B&W, but do any of those (purists) exist anymore?