Leica Auction... what a fee!

[SolaresLarrave]

I've seen this guy's auctions before. It seems he's sold his wares before. Now, I can't recall the details of the previous sales but THIS ONE (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30030&item=3855958252&rd=1) takes the price.

I simply wonder how much he'll pay to eBay for posting the auction... Any ideas?

[wlewisiii]

I don't know, but it sure does make me glad to have the Contax virus instead of the Leica one! Yikes! :eek: :D

William

[JohnM]

That set has been auction at least five or six times over the past year - same price.

[SolaresLarrave]

Oh, sure! I've seen actually different versions of the same auction. In fact, a tame one, ran for something like $24,000.

There's also a 1956 MP with a 'cron (seller claims it's the "original"), going for (gasp!!) $45,000.

And here I am, selling one of my old lenses for $85... :(

I can always post one of my M6TTL, spiffit up some way or another, and pay off the mortgage on my house. :)

Sure... That eBay fee will make the eBay managers very happy!

[rover]

I can't believe that ebay is the best place to sell this collection, or that MP. There are enough high end auction houses that would do a much better job.

Not to mention that the seller will have to pay a fee to PayPal too!

[Pherdinand]

This stinks. As said above, it's not worthy to offer it on e-bay. I don't think he's actually selling that collection.

[rover]

He still has to pay the submission fees which are based on starting bid!

[JohnM]

I think the submission fees are capped at a fairly low number - $4.80 for items over $500, plus whatever details he's purchased (bold lettering, slide show, etc.) He could have put that in there for less than $15, I think.

Should he ever sell it for that kind of money, though, he would owe a final value fee of over $1,000. (I'm sure he wouldn't mind paying it, but I don't see him ever selling that collection for $70K)

[Jeroen]

AFAIK this is a Dutch leica salesman who has been trying to get rid of these cameras for a long, long time. Really funny.

[Solinar]

Less than $4,000 per item!

[StreetShooter]

You'd think he could do just as well by breaking up the package and selling the cameras individually. It would be nice to have the entire collection but I don't know of too many people with that sort of scratch to drop on a collection of Leica bodies.

As for fees... if he can afford to own such a collection he probably isn't hurting too much for funds. And, if he's in the business... he can probably deduct the cost of the listings from his taxes.