Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As the stock price declines, a white knight could gobble up the company for chump change, half to a third of the price of a Gulfstream. The brand name and patents are worth more than that. The contents of the Leica museum are worth more than that. What would a rabid collector pay for the real Leica 1? What would the real Barnack camera go for? What would a University pay for the design drawings and notes from the early history of the company? Some one tell me what Japan paid for the original Naylor camera collection. Isn't the Leica collection worth at least as much in that it is obviously authenticated and vertically integrated. Some Korean company could buy the company, move the production equipment and key employees to Korea and make the lenses for 20% and sell them for 50%. Hold on to your hats, go out and take pictures, buy the equipment that you feel will be key to you, and take images that move your soul. What will be, will be. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com