Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Sports Finder Value Indeed $1,500 [Scotch & Bud.]
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 16:34:12 -0700

MGMcGough@aol.com wrote:
> 
>   The Leitz finder eBay item #173385422 that was bought by a well known
>   Italian Leica collector (Nembo-Kid) for $1,525 is supposedly an extremely
>   rare (R9) SOODL finder that even Leica expert Jim Lager doubts was ever
>   commercially produced (prototype???).
> 
>   An interesting note to the conclusion of the auction is that 5 of the 8
> bidders
>   are dealers of rare Leica and the other 3 are well know collectors.
> 
>   A van Gogh might not have any appeal to the average LUGnut but wealthy
>   individuals as well as museums have paid many millions for one to just hang
>   on their walls.  I understand that even some of us have paid over $100 for a
>   bottle of 16 year old straight malt scotch while others are satisfied with
> "Bud".
> 
Well if a van Goug is worth that much how much is a Mc Goug worth?!
Mark :-) Rabiner