Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who else than a professional dealer or auction house would bid for this? Any serious collector would have plenty of doublets, so imagine the time (and pain, eventually) to sell off the surplus items. And it should be a rich guy with the time to do that. I confess that I am also moving a little bit from the users' to the collector's corner. I however insist that my "Leicababes" are toys to get at least a little bid of playing, if not real use, but are not at all locked up and pampered collectors' items. Even then I would argue that all about collecting (or putting together toys) is to hunt after each piece, then being able to tell a story about each acquisition, each bargain. Those collectors being well advanced in there addiction may need more and more thrilling purchases, will move up to more rare and expensive items. But I doubt whether they would actually enjoy to buy in bulk. Hans-Peter