These prices are not far out of line when you consider their condition.
Here are the prices I've gathered, and I try to record all sightings of
such scarce, desirable lenses:
200/2.8A*:
$699 Min-, Woodmere, 16NOV00
$895 Cambridge (May 99)
300/4A*:
$537 Henrys.com, 8 and 8+ (two), 7/3/00
$449.00 (two), Bargain KEH, OCt 2000
$839 EX+ Camera TradersLtd. 08NOV00
$599 Ex++, Camera Traders
$750 with box, shade, newsgroup, mint, 6/98
$525 (two) and $695, KEH, NOv. 2000
$579 Mint- Cameta Camera 9 July 99
300/2.8A*:
$2,295.00 (Condition 8) 18March 2001, store not recorded, but I think it
was KH
$2900 Mint-, Genesis (1999)
$4000 lecamera (1999)
Some lenses and cameras require so many hours to find that if you wait for
the "right price," you'll miss your chance.
Case in point: Monday morning, I bought a black Yashica Electro GX
rangefinder (40/1.7 lens, made 1975-1980) on EBay for $264. What is its
market value? Hard to say: Not one of my 200+ URLs all over the world had
an Electro GX for sale; Stephen Gandy, the classic camera afficianado
behind http://cameraquest.com had never seen one, even in chrome; nor had
the man behind http://www.yashica-guy.com. I wanted it, and it just
wouldn't have made sense to hesitate. I chose to be an hour late to work so
I could snipe it at 8:50 am Eastern Time, while California slept.
You can see my winning bid at
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1230637582. You can
read about the Electro GX at http://cameraquest.com/yash35gx.htm.
Paal Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anyone who buys these lenses at those prices must be pretty nuts...Or maybe
I'm nuts who sell my lenses cheaply... :-)
> Avoid EBA syndrome (EBay Anxiety); I spotted these over the weekend at
> http://www.ritzcam.com/catalog/index.html
>
> Pentax, 200mm f2.8 SMC A* ED (green star) w/built-in hood, both caps
> #5696xxx (10-) $795
>
> Pentax, 300mm f4.0 SMC A* ED (green star) w/built-in hood, both caps
> #5304xxx (10-) $695
>
> Pentax, 300mm f2.8 SMC A* EDIF w/caps, in metal case.Awesome Lens!
#5685xxx
> (9++) $2,750
>
Paul Franklin Stregevsky
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