Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/13

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Summilux 50mm/1.4 for over $3000 ?
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:42:50 -0400

Dr. Blacktape suggests that you sell it quickly to one of the morons who
wants to pay these prices on Ebay, and invest in several other lenses you've
been lusting after.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Edward
Meyers
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:08 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Summilux 50mm/1.4 for over $3000 ?




On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, David E. Labovitz wrote:

> A Summilux 50mm/1.4 lens, "mint, unused" s/n 2072130, recently sold
> on eBay for $3,155.
> The six final bids were: 3155, 3105, 2791, 2739, 2550, and 756 <ebay
> # 115655152>.
>
> Am I missing something?
> David E. Labovitz       Potomac Scheduling      (del@pscc.com)
> 			(202) 298-7202
>
I've got one, 50mm f/1.4 black enamel Summilux. Near mint...
$3,000? Why? I've had it for about 30 years and hardly used it
because I love the f/2 Summicron. Now, what do I do? Ed