Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] That expensive Nikon hood
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 17:23:20 +0000
 
Mike Johnston wrote:
>Curious--as of Friday afternoon, the $5500 bid for that Nikon lens hood
>had gone DOWN. How does that happen in an eBay auction??? A withdrawn
>bid? But the same person is still the high bidder.
>
>He's also added a comment to the effect that "a leading Nikon expert"
>has only seen 3 or 4 of these hoods in his lifetime, and believes that
>only 10 such hoods exist.

After this fantastic price, the collectors' market will be flooded with
another 990 more - the rest being mainly forgeries. Finally, you cannot
even believe in what you are paying for.  

Just ask Lanvin, Gucci, Rolex and they will tell you all about imitations....

Dan K.