Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hello Luggers, I have been following and participating in the I Gavel auction. Please see: http://auction.igavel.com/ClientInfo.taf?_function=info&id=1642&skip=1 to check out the items for sale. I am noting with interest that the exotic lenses are receiving bids but the exotic cameras are not. For example a Stemar 3.5cm stereo lens is bid up to $7,750, a "Snapshot" Elmar is at $6,250, a Noctilux 1.2 Prototype is at $11,500. The story is quite different for exotic camera bodies. The following are on offer and no bids have been received Leica 250GG Aeronautica (asking $10,000) Leica MP #227 (asking $20,000) M6J Set (asking $5,000) Model 1A (asking 5,000) 111G Swedish Crown (asking $3,500) Leica M6 0.85 (asking $2,200 - reduced to $1,800) and the auction has about another 14 hours to run. Could it be that the collectors are saving their money to buy M8's? Or perhaps they are just holding back until the final moments of the auction - but I don't think so. I think the collectible market is going soft - based on the evidence above. Cheers Howard (in Hong Kong - waiting for the M8 shipment to arrive in December)