Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As far as I observe at camera shops in Tokyo, those who buy used Leicas are mostly gents in their 40s and 50s who are relatively new to Leica. The vintage Leica bubble in the 1990s appears to have burst, but I feel there still remains substantial interest in truly valuable items. Today I saw at a consignment shop an original black paint M4 in very good shape with minor brassing for 400000 yen (about 3700 USD). It will sell before long. MIKIRO Don Dory wrote: > In some respects it is like 1968-1969 again for rangefinder cameras. > Back then you could get new Nikon, Canon, or very clean used Leica for > almost nothing. Things like a 35 F2 for $15. > > The older generation of collectors is passing on and the new generation > is looking at other things than classic cameras.