Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We did cars. They've stayed remarkably close to CPI. Whereas Leicas, not so much. But not too bad. Not like housing. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Sue Pearce <bs.pearce at cox.net> wrote: > I have the November 1955 Leica Product Directory. >>> >>> Catalog Code >>> Number Word Item Retail Price >>> ****** ****** ******************************** ******** >>> 10,150 IGEMO Leica M 3 without lens $288.00 >>> 10,155 IMARO Leica M 3 with 50mm Elmar f/3.5 lens 348.00 >>> 10,161 ISUMO Leica M 3 with 50mm Summicron f/2 lens >>> 447.00 >>> 10,165 ISAIO Leica M 3 with 50mm Summarit f/1.5 lens 468.00 >>> >>> An interesting exercise would be to compare the costs of other consumer > goods from the same time, such as refrigerators or new cars or TV's. I > suspect that the costs might be closer that you expect. > > Bill Pearce > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >