Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:03 PM 10/18/01 -0500, Walter S Delesandri wrote: >Anybody know/remember what an average staffer/adjunct at a university made in >1954?.....or what did the average family sedan cost? (I know they didn't have >A/C or stereo, but we can subtract $1K from a new mid priced sedan and calculate!) >Also, what was the "street" price of an M3/50 summicron?--I seem to recall folks >talking about $300> or so... In 1954, a new Chevy, if you could have found one, would have been around $1,000. A Leica M3 body had a list price of $288 -- and that list price was far more rigidly policed then than now. So, a Leica body cost you around 30% the price of a new car. The Leica has fallen substantially in relative cost, unless there are some $7,500 new cars around I've missed hearing about. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html