Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A lot of the pricing of used Leica items is tremendously volatile and fluctuates wildly. At the moment, M3 and M4 prices are sky-high, M2 and M6 prices are declining, and M4-2, M4-P and M5 prices are starting to climb. But this will all change in a month or a year -- once the collectors have engorged themselves on M4's, these prices will stabilize or fall, and something else will rise. It all depends on the day of the month! At some point in the future, M4's will bottom out and, at some point in the future, their prices will rise again -- it's a cycle, just like the tides. Of course, the entire collectable market is 'drying up' as the final WWII era treasure troves are surfacing. Thus, the swing in Leica pricing may change in the future. The long and short of it is that an M4 owner desiring an M6 ought to consider swapping now, when M4's are up and M6's down -- this may not be the case a year from now. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!