Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That sucks. I bet they didn't get anywhere near the outrageous prices that photoarsenal/shphoto are trying to get for them. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 12/7/11 2:29 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: >Leica sold off the content of their museum in their "dark days," sort of >like us selling Leica and lens to pay mortgage. > > >On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Chris Crawford < >chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >> I wonder how they got hold of them. Did Leica close their museum and >>sell >> everything to these guys? Who on Earth would pay 36,000 for that lens? >> Some of these items they relist for YEARS and they never sell. No >>retailer >> makes money offering things at prices so high they never sell. I wonder >> what their REAL business is? >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 12/7/11 1:51 AM, "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >These guys have slowly been selling off items from the old Leitz >> >museum for years. >> > >> >One thing you can be sure of is that this one was very carefully >> >assembled and kept. It's probably the cleanest DR you'll ever see. >> > >> >Of course, that doesn't mean I want it. >> > >> >Marty >> > >> > >> >On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj >><jayanand at gmail.com> >> >wrote: >> >> Oligarchs of the world, queue up! (-: >> >> Cheers >> >> Jayanand >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Henning Wulff >> >><henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: >> >> >> >>> http://tinyurl.com/7t5m8ds >> >>> >> >>> Henning Wulff >> >>> henningw at archiphoto.com >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Leica Users Group. >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Leica Users Group. >> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > >-- >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information