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[OM] Re: M-1 value?

Subject: [OM] Re: M-1 value?
From: Stephen Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 12:13:34 -0400
At 05:44 PM 05/05/2006 +0200, you wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I discovered an M-1 in a local shop today. Mechanically it feels and 
>acts very good. It is a (heavily) used one, there is a dent in the top 
>plate, at the wind side, and the shoe seems glued on, or is just stuck 
>by dust? There is a matching M-system 50mm f1.4 on the camera, in a 
>similar condition, and with cleaning marks. Asking price for the combo 
>is 300 euro... Is that a correct price?
>If someone of the list is interested in it at that price, I can always 
>play an in between!
>
>Iwert.


This is a very good question.  There seems to be a "bubble" forming on
M-SYSTEM equipment.  A 55/1.2 went for $1,550 on the bay a few weeks ago,
and another (I think it was a 28/3.5) went for $1,300+.  A lowly 50/1.8
just sold for over $700 (and I paid $30 for one just two years ago!).  Not
long ago, the bodies were selling for around $350 or so, now they routinely
top $1,000.  So 300 euros with a matching lens is probably a good price for
this one.

Mark Dapoz can probably enlighten us further.

Steve Troy

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