Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Bunk. I doubt if 5% of collectors EVER sell. You are confusing > collectors > with dealers and with buy-and-sell types. > > Marc > Since Marc is invariably right about things of this sort...Doesn't that mean that given the limited number of Leicas made - compared to Ns or Cs - every camera that is collected does indeed depress the overall stock and drive up prices. For instance, while M4-2s may have no value as collectibles, the fact that a goodly number of M2s, M3s and some M4s - to say nothing of M5s, may be, reduces the overall number of all Ms in circulation and drives up the price of cameras like the M4-2. Believe me, I'm not suggesting either than collectors shouldn't collect, or that the tasteless way the comment was made in the news letter was appropriate. At the same time, however, I think that it's pretty obvious that were Leicas not collectible, there would be more in circulation and the prices would be somewhat lower. Not low, mind you, but somewhat lower.