Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like I've been corrected, and good for you...... Unfortunately, I sold my Contax and LTM stuff back when they were worth a LOT of money.....Along with my Nikon RFDR. (hehehe) Not the best decision..... I stand humbled and corrected. Happy turkey day, Walt On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Bud Cook wrote: > No Walt, when I bought my pristine Contax IIa from a hock shop I was a > Buck Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corp. My fellow Jar Heads were buying > Argus C3's. Guess who made the best investment? > > I added a used Leica IIc w/Leicavit when I was making about 60 bucks a > week as a new hire. It took me a long time and a lot of saving to > eventually buy a new M2 and then an M3 and so on. > Bud > > Walter S Delesandri wrote: > > > Hi, Bud, and good for you. > > [Snip] > > > > ... which I assume you can afford (not many of the workin' folk > > could afford Contax or LTM as amateurs in the fifties-- by definition > > you were or are in a top income group) > > > [Snip] > > > > Walt > > >