Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a junk shop in North Yorkshire (shortly before it closed down), Kodak Retina IIc with all three lenses and the 35/80 finder, case, filters, close-up lenses, hoods and a Retina IB ,with a still accurate meter, all for 25 pounds. Douglas Christopher Williams wrote: > There was this pawn shop, there was this 75mm Lux there, there was > this $75 price on it, there was now a new 75mm owner, then there was a > new 75mm seller, then there was a new 35/f2 and 90/f2 owner. > > Oh wait. There was this great deal on a Leica M2, Leica M3 , 50/f2 DR, > 35/2.8, 90/2.8, 135/f4 Tele, plus misc Leica items, new bags, cases, > lens caps, etc. along with a plain old Nikon F with prism finder, > 50/f2, 28/3.5,135/3.5. Plus Nikon cases and bags. > > I kept the Leica gear after selling the 4,376 Nikon F ever made with > lenses for a little over $1200. I paid $1200 for the whole outfit. > > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone"Subject: [Leica] > Best camera deal you (personally) have ever gotten....... > > >> OK... Out of the closet..... Let's hear about the most outrageous >> deal you have ever gotten on a camera or lens. No fair unless >> you explain the circumstances of the deal.......as much as you >> know...... >> >> I will start off: I bought about 30 darkroom lenses in a lot from >> Ebay. The guy was legitimate, he was an equipment dealer in the >> Midwest. He dealt in surplus equipment. I paid over $1300, and sold >> a few of the lenses off for what I paid, then doubled that >> number on a single lens..... a 210mm F5.6 APO EL Nikkor. Not bad. >> I sold off the rest of the lenses for a few hundred. >> >> Your turn...... >> >> Frank Filippone > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >