Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jerry: Answer: condition, condition, condition. Assuming both are in mint condition the M3 with DR could bring - what? - $1,500.-2,000. or perhaps more. The Carrera (I assume it was not an Abarth Carrera?) could be north of six figures. Leitz made a lot more M3/DR's than Porsche made Carreras, n'est-ce pas? In April 1961 I bought my first and only Porsche new at the factory; a 356B Super 90 coupe, it cost me $3,300. A year earlier I sailed from New York to Le Havre in Holland America Line S.S. Statendam. My first class cabin cost $250. During the ensuing year, my room at the Hotel St. Andre des Arts in the rue of the same name, y compris bain, petit dejeuner, taxe et service, cost me the equivalent of $2.50. par jour. Which was the better buy? LaK 9, Seth - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Guilt? > Seth > > When I bought my first new Porsche from the factory in 1957 it was a little > under $4000 (at 4 Dmarks per $) My Leica M3 with DR Summicron was > $250 in Munich. The Porsche was a 1600 Carrera GT Coupe. > > Which is/was the better buy? > > Jerry > > Seth Rosner wrote: > > > ---- Original Message ----- > > From: "faneuil" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 9:32 AM > > Subject: [Leica] Leica Guilt? > > > > > So I have had an M7 for one year now. > > > I love using it and have seen great improvement in my technique and > > results. > > > But I have this creeping sense of guilt..... > > > > > > And then I think - "well hey - at least I didn't blow 100k on a Porsche.." > > > E > > > > You coulda got the Porsche for a mere $70K (the cheap 911 Carrera) or the > > little one for $50K, saved $30K to $50K and bought a collection of > > "collector" Leica cameras and lenses with the difference. > > > > S. > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html