Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pricing help w/ SL & lenses
From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 17:47:38 -0700

I bought a black paint SL with the lenses listed below except for the
135mm. All was in perfect working order with some brassing on the body.
Elpro closeup, a case and a funky fish-eye attachment were included. Price
was $800 a year ago, actually a good buy then (and now). $1600 seems too
high unless everything were in really great shape with no repairs
necessary. Probably $1600 is around what you would pay a dealer for all the
equipment if you bought it individually.

Gary Todoroff

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> From: RBucha7924@aol.com
> 
> Found @ an estate sale:
> 
> SL   badly needs a severe CLA and new battery spring tang.
> 35mm 2 cam elmar
> 50mm 2 cam summicron f2
> 90mm 2 cam Elmarit
> 135mm 2 cam  Elamrit
> 
> All the glass is decent and no fungus.  The person handling
> the sale is a retired Rollei & Leica dealer.  I'm not too
> sure he's up on current prices since he retired about 1962.
> 
> He wants about $1,600 for the body & lenses.  Have asked 
> several dealers and have told me it wasn't worth the effort.
> Your opinions?
>                            LTL (long time lurker)   -Rick