[Leica] 1,000,000.00 leica lens on ebay

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

My wife and I were talking the other day about whether I could sell prints
on the internet.  She suggested a minimum price of $2,000 and some profound
commentary, plus something about how they would be available for future
generations. I mentioned that it was like CDO's, crap is crap, right?  But I
think she has me turned around..."I approached the subject, not sure whether
I was permitted to capture the image...then suddenly there was a oneness
with the sunflowers and I knew I had this one opportunity, lasting only
fleeting seconds, and fortunately, having misplaced my exposure meter due to
excessive Leffe's, I recalled that the brightness of a sunflower was..."

It's just crazy enough to work.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier Ludwig
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 1:32 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 1,000,000.00 leica lens on ebay
> 
> Somebody will buy it - because of the human nature that believes
> something must be especially desirable just because it's expensive :-)
> 
> Where I grew up in Berne, our neighbour was a peltmonger. He had
> a silver fox fur jacket in his little fur shop, which had become a shelf
> warmer over many years. Even reducing the price consecutively from
> CHF 6600.00 to CHF 1100.00 didn't help. Then he set the price, as a
> joke, to 11'000.00 ($20'000 at this time). The fur jacket was gone in
> less than a week.
> 
> Vick, keep your fingers off that auction! ;-)
> Didier
> 
> 
> 
> >Well Sherry does good work, and the correct hood is included!!!
> >Chris Saganich
> 
> >>http://tinyurl.com/4hgput
> >>regards, mehrdad
> 
> 
> 
> 
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