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[HuubL]

This lot on ipay: unexperienced bidders...., or does this indicate the end of the financial crisis...

[ruby.monkey]

I think this indicates that the one born this minute is going to wind up poor and hungry.

[Pickett Wilson]

Sure is a pretty IIIG, though.

[John Robertson]

There is obviously more than one born every minute.

[Sparrow]

About 2.28 a minute I’d guess, and they were all bidding on that

[Mr_Flibble]

Crikey!

[LeicaTom]

Everyone should see this was just a SHILL BID and nothing else.........(note 0 feedback on winner)

Tom

PS: I sold a Mint Boxed/Cased IIIG w/f2.8/50 and a Leicavit for $4,500 in 1992! ~ People will ALWAYS be crazy for the IIIG, it was made to be crazy about, everyone knew from day one that it would become the collectible that it is today, while it was the LAST Screw Mount Leica

[HuubL]

Originally Posted by nikonhswebmaster

While the bidding is high, it is only maybe $300 high or so. What do you think it should have gone for? Unboxed IIIg bodies on eBay have been selling for 1000~1500 for some time. Add the two lenses, case, filters.

The last few weeks I see bodies go in the 560-900 range (900 for a Cla'd body!). Add 300-400 for the lenses and you're still an M6 away from what the buyer paid for it.

[HuubL]

Originally Posted by LeicaTom

Everyone should see this was just a SHILL BID and nothing else.........(note 0 feedback on winner)

Tom's right. There was even a question from a bidder:
Q: What is cause you relist this item ? Thanks
A: the buyer could not pay,

suggesting the seller tried this before...

[xayraa33]

crazy bidding for a not so rare camera and common Leitz lenses.

something is kind of fishy.

When I bought my late and non lamented IIIg in 1978, I missed getting the rare rigid Summicron on it by a day.

[dexdog]

the bidding history on this one is scary- two zero-feedback noobs bidding the thing up, up and up. I would definately steer clear of this,because even is there is not a shill bidder, noobs tend to bid way to high on items.

We will have to see if it gets relisted again, either because winner bidder came back down to earth, or because it was of a shill

[Brian Sweeney]

> and refund the money when people bid too high?

I kept the money, but did not charge for shipping and insurance. I had bidding for some items get "really high", and the bidders carried through. Sometimes I'd ask why- and got some reasonable answers. Some were: I had one as a Kid; it was my first camera; I'm a pro and they are hard to get...

[John Shriver]

Very fishy inded. Igor's Camera sold a IIIg for $850 Buy-It-Now (no lens) recently. That was a fair price.

[George S.]

I've done the same as Brian. When an item of mine goes really high I give the buyer free shipping and maybe throw something else in that wasn't in the auction like body/lens caps, batteries or something. Really nice IIIgs used to be in the $1000 to $1500 range a few years ago, body only. Just when I think I see a trend with prices either up or down, recent sales will surprise me. I think its more or less normal fluctuations in the marketplace probably tied to the overall health of the economy and not the rarity of an item per se. But then again, IIIgs seem to be in a crazy buying/collecting category all by themselves.