On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:03:16 -0500, you wrote: >Looks like you should have taken them and offered them on e-bay you would >have doubled your money.
I would have bought both of those A* 135/1.8 lenses on speculation, but at the time $450 - 600 was the going rate for that lens, even though it rarely was offered for sale. I didn't anticipate an easy profit, since I wasn't too involved with Ebay selling two years ago, and I had a perfectly good M 135/3.5 that covered my casual need for a 135mm lens. Since late in the year 2000, when Ebay really took off, the selling price of certain Pentax items has risen significantly. I sold a mint SMCP- A 35/2.0 to a Japanese buyer for a princely sum. In that time frame the price of the A* 135/1.8 soared well above a thousand dollars. Other Pentax lenses that have seen a large price increase in the last two years are the A* 85/1.4 (and the other good 85's) and the K 135/2.5. One day Ebay will be overrun completely by dealers. Few of us will ever again get a good deal on these rare lenses. It's already starting to happen. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
