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Subject: [Leica] Question 2 this evening: historical prices
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:54:10 -0500
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I see that my email software corrupted my nice table, but perhaps you can 
make out the intent.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Question 2 this evening: historical prices


> Vince,
>
> I have the November 1955 Leica Product Directory.
>
> Catalog    Code
> Number    Word                       Item Retail Price
> ******    ******    ********************************        ********
> 10,150    IGEMO    Leica M 3 without lens $288.00
> 10,155    IMARO    Leica M 3 with 50mm Elmar f/3.5 lens 348.00
> 10,161    ISUMO    Leica M 3 with 50mm Summicron f/2 lens 
> 447.00
> 10,165    ISAIO      Leica M 3 with 50mm Summarit f/1.5 lens 468.00
>
> Ask about any other items from this catalog that you might like for your 
> collection, and I will be happy to look them up for you.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question 2 this evening: historical prices
>
>
>> Doug many thanks this has been helpful. I assume you're working off your 
>> own
>> memory/records of your purchases? What does IIRC mean? And NOS?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Doug Herr 
>> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Vince Passaro wrote:
>>>
>>> >I'm looking for actual at-the-time they were marketed dollar prices for
>>> >certain historical cameras, for a couple of academic reasons. Does 
>>> >anyone
>>> >have a source/sources? For instance I would love to know M3 prices 
>>> >through
>>> >the 1950s; Nikon F prices 1959 to, say, 1980; Leica prices in the 
>>> >1970s.
>>> >
>>> >Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> IIRC a Nikon F in 1972 or so was US$310.  NOS Leicaflex SL in 1979 was
>>> US$510.
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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