In this environment, sellers are taking a chance by listing mystery film rolls, while buyers are excitedly purchasing a portion of the past. She bought a bag of cameras because her mother was a photographer, and the used film rolls were inside. For Levi Bettwieser, a 33-year-old video producer from Idaho, an interest in forgotten film can be both expensive and risky. Larsen buys and fixes up cameras to resell, and often finds old film which he develops himself. Buying mystery film feels like a way not only to uncover the past, but also recapture it.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2019 09:00 UTC