Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6HM becoming rare?
From: 4season <4season@boulder.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 10:52:27 -0600

Dan Cardish wrote:
> 
I have two M6s and I'm afraid to use either of them!
> 
> Am I crazy?
> 
As an investment, Leica cameras as as good as gold, which is to say,
terrible! You'd do better with a decent mutual fund. It's far more fun
to make $2400++ photographs!

I don't know what Leica enthusiast (whether an owner or not)
demographics are, but I'd hope it included a fair number of younger
folks, else I'd expect we'd see resale values, particularly of older
gear, decline, as has been the case in other collectables markets such
as older Lionel trains and, I hear, pre-60s automobiles (there's a good
article in a recent issue of Fast Company, Wall St. Journal or some
such)

Jeff