Hi everyone I need help with these binoculars

they have these words stamped in them HEINRICH FEIGLSTOK IKARNTNER RING 1
OPTIKER WIEN

CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE

THANK YOU

i DONT HAVE A WAY YET TO UPLOAD PICTURES

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Originally Posted by FireDyjinn

DONT HAVE A WAY YET TO UPLOAD PICTURES

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If you email me your pics to badger@milsurps.cpm, I'll post them in this thread for you.

Regards,
Doug

Sounds like it could be the retailer who sold them or perhaps the maker rather than a previous owner. Are there any other markings that could be a maker mark? You probably already know that "Wien" is the Austrian/German way of saying Vienna.

I don't know anything about these thing at all. I was looking them up on google and found this site and just thought I would ask you nice people for a little help. My friend thinks that they are worth like 97,000.00, so I had to check. If they are anything close to that price they are getting sold asap. My house burnt down in July and I'm living in a fifth wheel trailer, lost my ebay biz and almost everything I owned. Now being December it's really cold. So I could really use some money to survive on. If anyone knows if they are worth anything substantial, Please let me know.

Thank you very much.
Stephanie

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I sent them this afternoon, was wondering if you got them yet or if I need to resend them?

thank you for your help.

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Originally Posted by FireDyjinn

I sent them this afternoon, was wondering if you got them yet or if I need to resend them?

thank you for your help.

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No, received nothing and I even checked my spam inbox .. :confused:

The email address is badger@milsurps.com (click the link)

Regards,
Doug

I resent it to you

Hope they get to you.

FireDyjinn, with something like your binoculars that you wish to sell because you need the money and you think that they may be valuable I would suggest never taking the first offer. I would suggest showing/offering it to at least 3 different and independent people before deciding. Another way of getting a sense of the value is to find a similar pair of binoculars for sale in order to give you an idea.

Here are the pics ...

To be brutally honest, binoculars like these turn up regularly every week on those well known auction sites and sadly, they're ten-a-penny so far as collectability or value. Sorry, but that's how it is. As for useability, they're useless due to many factors

Okay well thank you. Darn it. That really sucks. thank you for your time.

Stephanie

I think that they are worth something as a "curio" but probably not worth a vast sum unless there was something unusual or special about them for example if they had been on board the Titanic when it hit the iceberg and this could be proved. At the end of the day they are worth what someone is willing to pay, like everything else.

Yep, you're right. As a quick glance down the pages of EBay will show you

My great grandfather was Heinrich Feiglstok. (I am Gary Feiglstok) He had a lens making business in Vienna, (Wein) Austria, in the late 1800's. that's all I know. I might be interested in purchasing those binoculars, to keep as a family heirloom. Let me know if you are interested in selling. Of course, I would like to see a picture of them first.

Best regards,
Gary Feiglstok

Another amazing thing about this forum. I hope that you get them. I wish you'd followed him and operated a lens making business today.

It may be a good idea to send the person a private message (P.M.) concerning these binoculars because they will also receive an email copy which will alert them that you may be interested in them.