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10-15-2005
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Canon Hansa #548 asking price 12.960 USD...
7553272317
i'm not sure if this trader sells anything of its stuff for the price he asks - but just in case he did, I should have started collecting CANON a few years *before* Peter Dechert wrote his book...
have a nice Sunday, Frank
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Last edited by Sonnar2 : 10-16-2005 at 01:03.
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10-15-2005
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Ah, him. Still it's an interesting little camera. The Zunow 35/1.7 for $4,858.00 (odd price. Conversion from Euros I suppose) is entertaining as well.
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10-18-2005
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I've heard some less than complimentary comments about the differences between described and actual quality for this seller, under his several aliases.
There's a real "no reserve" auction for a MUCH nicer specimen going on at eBay item 7553745889. With a 50/2 Nikkor, however. This one will NOT go cheaply, $3651 with two hours to go. I suspect the seller (a used record store handling a batch of cameras) is surprised as all hell! All the other cameras they are selling are most pedestrian.
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10-18-2005
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7553745889 Just ended. $5250. Kevin Cameras (kinche-l) petered out at $3888. 30 bids overall. Whee!
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10-19-2005
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Originally Posted by John Shriver
I suspect the seller (a used record store handling a batch of cameras) is surprised as all hell!
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"Ma, we done it, we hit the lottery! Pack up the kid and leave the dog at the neighbor's, we are go'in to the big city this weekend!" 
I spotted a 1950s LTM Nokton which sold for over $3,000 and thought the same thing. The seller added to the description, "we don't know much about cameras, or what this mounts on, but it looks good, no reserve".
A good ebay surprise for the seller. That is allowed too. |
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10-19-2005
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Well Canon must be King of the Camera Collector Crazies. My Nikon M with F1.4 lens was a mere $30.
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10-19-2005
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No one will top Nikon buyers. For the 538th Nikon Rangefinders they would ask for 20.000 USD. This one is even older - 1936-37 something...
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10-19-2005
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Nikon Collectors are the Craziest People in this business.
Some Crazier than others. I love my Nikons, but I just could not see paying 20K for a Nikon I. I jumped at the two M's for $500 for the pair.
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03-01-2006
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Canon Hansa #548 again, just for 14.279 USD...
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03-01-2006
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Originally Posted by Sonnar2
Canon Hansa #548 again, just for 14.279 USD...
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Sounds as if the USD has weakened about 10% against the EUR since the October listing.
There is a similar NY-based Nikon seller who has very high starting prices. Never seems to sell anything but re-lists every few weeks or so.
I guess these sellers are members of the "greater fool" school of marketing!  |
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almost free advertising |
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03-01-2006
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almost free advertising
These sellers, maybe that should be in quotes, are possibly just trolling for buyers. This type of "sale" might bring in a reply from an owner of one of the cameras, or something similar, for example. The listing fee becomes pretty cheap advertising, if a sale or a good buy comes as a result.
When the NY guys are doing it, there is always a reason. And money is definitely in there someplace. Some of the Europeans are adopting the same methods, or maybe they invented them first
Ebay is not just a huge flea market, it's a well coreographed (sp?) dance..
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03-01-2006
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$12 and 96 cents??? I'll take three!!!
Oh...it's the , vs . thing... dang
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03-07-2007
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Another Hansa Canon up, mount #625, with leather case, very good looking, asking for buy it now 16.000 USD, open auction with unknown limit (15.000?)
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03-07-2007
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Somebody in Houston has a Hansa. I doubt that he is selling.
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