Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Help Needed for Leica IIIf purchase!!!
From: Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:00:42 -0800
References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010328195336.00cb0a40@mail.wm.edu>

I have a Leica IIIG and priced it for auction in the US and through a
British Auction House.  The price the British Auction Dealer placed on the
IIIG was considerably higher than US Dealer prices.  A European friend of
mine states that prices in the US  for Used quality camera equipment is much
lower than in Europe.

> Frankly, I think that is insanely expensive for the combo you describe,
> unless you're a collector obsessive about mint-condition gear that you
> don't intend to us (and even then, the price seems way out of
> line).  Browse  eBay for some sense of the range of prices that various
> IIIfs w/ lenses bring in the 'open' market.
>
> CHandos
>
>
>
> At 11:59 PM 3/28/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >It is a Black Dial Model and comes along with a Summitar 50mm, f2 (I hope
> >to describe it correctly)lense, which is in the same condition with the
> >camera. The price the dealer asks for the set (body and lense)is 795
> >British Pounds ($1,150).
>
> Chandos Michael Brown
> History and American Studies
> College of William and Mary
> www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown
>
>

In reply to: Message from Chandos Michael Brown <cmbrow@wm.edu> (Re: [Leica] Help Needed for Leica IIIf purchase!!!)