There was a time when there'd be 50+ 5x4 De Vere enlargers listed on Ebay, cheapest would be a 54 or 54a, but even 504's where quite cheap. That was 18-20 years ago when I bought a De Vere 5108 for £600 with 5 lenses and a large Beard easel.
Many LF enlargers went for land fill, my local lab had 3 in a skip on one visit around 2001, unfortunately all damaged in the process, they were going to keep another for me but I went to 10x8 instead.
You might be lucky and find a 5x4 condenser enlarger, I used a Johnson V45 for about 25 years although I swapped the condenser heard for a cold cathode head after a few years. I have another now which I restored about 4 years ago.
If we knew where you are based then perhaps we can point you in the direction of potential sellers.
Ian
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