Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]howard cummer wrote part: > Hi Austin, > I have an original Sears Canada camera equipment catalogue from 1958 > where they sell Leica M3's in two versions with different 50mm lenses > for about C$250 - 300 each, depending on the lens, as well as Tower > and Nikon rangefinders. Given that a new North American car was about > C$3 - 4,000 (I'm guessing here - maybe older timers can help me out on > the actual price) these cameras were pretty expensive. Of course this > was a long forgotten era when the C$ was about equal to the US$. This > catalogue is in my Canadian storage and not readily accessible, but I > really do have it and will share a copy with you, with pleasure, when > I finally get to it. :-) > Cheers > Howard (in Hong Kong) Hi Howard, I suspect that the M3 would have been just about the most expensive item in the 1958 Simpson Sears Catalog. 1958 is a little before my time, but I do know that the Canadian dollar was worth more than the US dollar for a number of years post W.W.II and worth about $1.05 in 1974. Sadly, this is not the case today. Regards, Greg > > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html