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Re: [OM] Re: 180mm f2 auction

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: 180mm f2 auction
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 07:46:48 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Giles wrote:

|
|Wasn't $1800 the starting point for bidding, with another undisclosed 
|figure as a reserve?
|
|Are you saying no one put in a bid at $1800 ?
|
|An absolute steal at that price.

Not a solitary bid up to less than 24 hours before the
bidding closed!  I kept checking because I expected to see
it go quickly.

|>  In support of
|> this, recall there was a demo 180/2 in mint condition going
|> for $1800 recently, and no one snapped it up.  A pricey lens
|> for sure, but some people (like Yours Truly) would snap it
|> up in an instant if they were financial ready, especially
|> for the ridiculously low price that *that* sample of
|> prestige glass was going for.


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