Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Re: [Leica] Strange M2 on Ebay... thibault collin wrote: > >> Here is a strange M2 ! >> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=115075326 >> What do you think of it? >A bargain. >To bad the name of a former user was engraved and some lever >replaced with chrom parts. >But still a bargain. >Lucien Ouch! Where is the bargain here? The seller has an unknown reserve set. This camera/motor has been posted numerous times on EBAY, and he never gets a bid to equal what he wants. We can only guess. He seems to have a higher opinion of the piece then everyone else. The last time he listed the camera, the high bid was $3835.00, and it still wasn't enough to buy it!! But let's look at this from a collector's point of view. First, the camera is a black M2 -- that's good. Place a value on it of say $1800 - $2500 (Christie's figures -- not mine). And it's got a motor. BUT -- that particular M2 was modified later on in life to take the motor. So, it's not *really* an M2-M. So, what's a motor worth? Maybe about the same as the body? So a market price for that setup might be $3600 - $5000, depending on condition. It looks pretty rough, so I'd say the high bid he received is just about what it's worth. Not a bargain.... but maybe a fair price for what it is. Jim Bauman