Gary,
I think I could understand the need to preserve the historical artifacts
of the human experience. But IMO a Nikon lens hood hardly qualifies as
a significant piece of historic importance. It's just a circular piece
of cut and pressed metal. Any good metal worker in Tijuana would make
an identical duplicate of that Nikon hood. It would probably cost about
50 cents to produce them in mass. I could imagine that state of the art
German metal workers working with state of the art equipment could
produce the finest lens hood ever made out of some of the the most
exotic metal of our time. Even this one-off made by a master artisan
would not yield a value of anywhere close to $5,500. Like I said
before, there is something that just does not make sense about that lens
hood. I've seen Rollei and Leica collectors with some serious wealth
pay some hefty prices for a significant piece of equipment. But never
anything like this. This hood is just an example of either a phony bid
or someone who has just lost his/her mind. I've had an opportunity of
visiting many museums in my time and have never seen something as basic
as a lens hood on a pedestal behind the velvet ropes ... or in this case
encased in bullet proof glass. Think about it. A lens hood on loan from
the Rochester Institute being displayed at the Getty for a limited time
only in a collection of post modern significant lens hoods. Give me a
break! Next we will have appraisers and experts looking for the fake
Nikon lens hoods.
Phillip Franklin
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