Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been over most of the developed world, and my experience is the best prices for nice cameras is in the USA. Very nice Nikons and Leicas can be had if you scrounge around. The best deals are obviously not from dealers, but from the people who sell to the dealers. I don't have time to go to estate sales or garage sales, but these are where the guys who do this for a living go. Camera shows are also good places to look. Watch for people with a camera bag going from table to table getting bids from dealers. The bids will be about half what the cameras are worth, and if you approach the person and offer more, you are likely to pick up the camera. Pittsburgh has a very wealthy past and a lot of those old cameras are still around and turn up after people die and their relatives don't know what to do with the equipment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gordon Banks N3JXP |"Caminante, no hay camino. http://www.pitt.edu/~gebanks | Se hace camino, al andar." -Antonio Machado ------------------------------------------------------------------------------