Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeremy Kime wrote: > > Dan, > Perhaps there should be a raft of prices for these new enamel M6s , which as > you note, could reflect the greater apparent worth in more worn product... > For example, brand new perfect: $3500 > new, imperfect (seconds) $4000 > s/h imperfect $4500 > s/h, worn out, bruised and broken$5000 > Sounds good to me! ;-) > > Jem > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: D Khong [SMTP:dkhong@pacific.net.sg] > > > > The pitiful thing about leicas ia that, unlike > > well-faded jeans which can fetch more than the brand new product, > > Maybe it's time to see a little exposed brass behind the black paint > > as desirable as > > the untouched product. > > > > Dan K. > > Black enamel Leica's are already out there being used everyday. They have history. They seem usable. Nothing wrong with shooting with a distinctive, fancy, pricier camera. It's still a usable tool. OK it's got a little emblem on it! so does my polo shirt. (makes it looks like I got into the polo club!) There are people who think of everything as an investment. ..keep their paintings in darkened rooms. Money is the beginning and the end. Even If I won the ultra pricier Ein Stuck at the last LHSA Denver meeting. I would have a hard time restraining myself. "Ok, I'll loose some money I'll take it out of the box." "Ok, just one roll, indoors, and I'll stay in carpeted rooms." "Ok, maybe just one more roll in my backyard" Next thing you know it would be brassy (or Zincy) and I'd be throwing it into the tool chest in the back of my pickup. Mark Rabiner would need to buy a pickup first.