Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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