Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vick Very true, but the desirable Leicas should still hold value; M2, 3, 4,( but not M4-2 or M4-P.) MP. Certain lenses, of course. Others you can't even give away. I dunno 'bout M5. Some SM Leicas, certainly. Jerry Vick Ko wrote: > Is this also spelling the end of camera collecting as an investment? > I'm seeing drops in collectible camera prices in most areas. One of my > reasons for having a Leica collection was that Leica was generally in > front of the pack for optical quality and workmanship, as well as > holding power for their already high prices. > > I think the Leica optical quality and workmanship are still there. The > prices are still high. But the "keeping power" of their after-market > price is diminishing. And the collector frenzy isn't enough to keep > prices up. > > Maybe when Leica stops production on an item for 30 or so years, their > prices will pick up. > > ...Vick > > Jim Shulman wrote: > > >As recently as last year you could invest in good condition, clean used > >Leica stuff and more or less get your money back when you decided to > >sell. That ain't the case today--and with more than 50% of the new > >equipment market in the US going for digital in 2003, I doubt it's going > >to get much better for Leica equipment. > > > >Jim Shulman > >Bryn Mawr, PA > > > > > > -- > 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