I got a chance to handle some rare Leicas. One is the Leica 72, the half-frame Leica. Another was the 250 Leica Reporter. I was excited to be able to hold the rare Compur rim-set Leica. I also had an opportunity to hold the first Canon 35mm rangefinder camera. That camera is, I think, extremely rare. I picked up a Leica M1, the non rangefinder Leica, a few years ago up in Seattle, WA. When I first saw it the price was $600.00. Everytime I went up to visit the store I noticed that the price for that Leica was falling. Eventually it reached $200.00 and I decided to purchase the camera. I have a PZ10 Pentax transparent body and a Pentax 110 transparent.
Jim A. > From: Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Web-Options Ltd. > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 23:35:34 +0100 > To: Tonghang Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re[2]: ebay: nikon s2 closed for $12,656 > > Hi, > >> I remember once seeing a Leica or Contax (Zeiss) 50mm/1.1 lens at a big >> photo store, used but in full condition. I don't remember the amount, >> but my impression of the was price was either less than $1000 or >> something like $2000, no where near $12K. > > $1,000- would be a low price for a good Leica Noctilux lens (f/1.0 or > f/1.2, not f/1.1). > > It's impossible to rationalise classic camera prices, but I suppose > they're cheaper than Ferraris and aeroplanes. Here in London I see a > lot of Leicas at very high prices. There used to be a shop called > Museum Cameras which specialised in very rare cameras, particularly > Leicas, generally with an interesting history. They had the camera > bag, Nikon S and several lenses and other paraphernalia that George > Rodger, one of the founders of Magnum, used to own and used in Africa. > I can't remember the price of those, but it was high. They also had a > Leica used by Tazio Secchiaroli, 'the original paparazzo', which they > were offering for £65,000-, iirc, which is about one hundred thousand > US dollars. > > In fact, I see there is the same, or another of Secchiaroli's cameras, > a Leica MP, for sale here if you want one: > http://www.leicatime.com/collectible.htm. Price on application. > > I have a rather out-of-date copy of the Leica International Price > Guide (7th edition, 1997). There are rather a lot of old cameras in > the $15-20+ K bracket, and I don't just mean the special editions > designed to milk the collectors. Any Leica MP will go for upwards of > $25K, and a black one with motor is at least $50K, according to my > book. > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > 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 . - 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 .
