Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@a1.NL> > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 13:41:00 +0000 > Subject: Re: Leica 250GG/Motor & other rarities > > 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) Stan must be making too much money off customers like me to be able to pay $80,000.00 for a Leica rarity. This type of bidding caraziness reminds me of the Jackie O travesty. I'm sure that LUG members will suffer as all Leica equipment will be considered "gold" even if in truth much of it is fool's gold in terms of its investment potential. Paul T. Collura