[Leica] $2,000 lens hoods & a $42,000 Leica "RIFLE"

[MGMcGough@aol.com]

   Otello Pagliari (Nembo Kid) from Italy last year paid $2,200 for an
   authentic black hood for the 85/1.5 Black Summarex (R9).

   He later told me that he would have bid double that if he had to.  
   He & his partner Osvaldo Mercuri last year bought on eBay one of
   the rarest of all Leicas - the original Comm. Gatty's "RIFLE" for the
   sum of $42,000.  This one was made by ELNY for Gatty's African
   Camera Safaris in the mid 30's and later 5 or 6 more were made in
   Wetzlar.  Since the last owner was millionaire Burns Stanley of
   Michigan and was sold by Adolph Gasser of San Francisco, I think
   that Mr. Stanley has passed on (He was in his mid 80's last time 
   that we talked)

   For those that can't equate cost with value - just think about the
   $75,000,000 paid for a van Gogh and I heard that the Louvre once
   turned down an offer of #150,000,000 for a statue of me with two
   broken arms ;-)   :-)

   Leicafully,

   Mary (de Milo) McGough
   see my African pix on Hans Pahlens website
   NO ARCHIVE

In a message dated 3/15/00 9:37:53 PM Pacific  Time, tripspud@wenet.net 
writes:
> Stephen Gandy wrote:
>  >  It is a VERY rare item, I would have believed $1500 --
>  
>  Hi!
>  
>       That's got to be some kind of a record and the auction is still on.
>  
>                   Cheers,
>  
>                           Rich Lahrson
>                           tripspud@wenet.net
>  
>