Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the doctor discovered a very rare coin (valued at, say, $3000) amoungst his loose change, would he use it to buy groceries for its face value (as it was intended to be used), or sell it to a coin collector? Dan C. At 09:44 AM 14-07-99 -0400, you wrote: [snip] > >Those who have pointed out that this list included collectors are entirely >correct. Dr. Blacktape was commenting as one who considers cameras and >lenses tools with which to make photographs, rather than objects of >deification and investment. > >Sorry. > Dan, Dan, Dan...Dr. Blacktape was commenting on those who would buy such coins for outrageous sums, not those who would find them in their pockets and cash in on them. After all, the market is at an all-time, undreamed of high, real estate and collectibles are through the roof, and if history is any indicator, it is probably a safe bet that the "collectible" one buys today for an outrageous sum as an "investment" will in the not too distant future take a tumble, before it perhaps, eventually, maybe, could be, I wouldn't bet on it, someday climbs back to an even higher price than that at which it was purchased. But that's just Dr. Blacktape's opinion, which is worth no more, and could even be worth less, than that of any other LUGer.. ;-)