Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/11
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On 10 Jun 96 at 20:55, Bob Sperling wrote:
> Tamarkin & Company is very legitimate and will pay 70% of retail. He is
> famous for no hassling. Incidentally, in Sunday's NYT there is an article
> that mentions him as the buyer of a GG with motor for $80,000.!! at auction
> last month. His web address is Http://www.tamarkin.com
> bowtie (admittedly, Stan is a friend of mine)
>
>
Ahum....the estimated auction price by Auction Team Koeln in Germany
was DM30-50,000.
Christies, as a reference in that article, estimated UKP 40,000.
One can buy a nice car for the difference between these and
US$80.000....:-))
BTW current 'limited editions':
Leica has (again) made a limited batch of M6'es, this time for the
50th anniversary of the throne of King Bhumiphol from Thailand. 24
carat gold plated, including 2/50 Summicron, and snake leather skin.
Sort of mixed environmental sponsorship; the profit made by Thailand
in selling these things for DM 15.000 will flow to a large
environmental project in Bangkok.
--
Bye,
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