Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 06:26 PM 1/24/97 -0800, Stephen Gandy wrote: > > >At the moment, M5's are selling for much more than M6's in the same > >condition due to collector interest. > > Close but not quite on target. At the moment, per a quick rush through > Cyberspace to check some of the Big Dealers' Web Pages and a slightly more > leisurely brush through the current 'Bug reveals that three-lug M5's are > running neck-in-neck with M6's of equal condition, but that two-lug M5's are > running about 75% of that. > Don't believe everything you read Mark. Mint M6 bodies, whether black or chrome, regularly sell at the West Coast Shows over the table to the public in the $1700-1800 range. Recently the prices of Leicas have dropped as the new public company seek to move merchandise. A few advertisers in Popular have adjusted to the new prices, advertising bodies for $1950 or so new. I regularly see Mint black M5 bodies quickly sell in the $2200 range, with the rarer chrome bodies quickly selling in the $2900 range. Stephen Gandy